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1. Jobs & Careers post your MS in
Analytics & Data Science – Chapter
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2. In our introductory blog of this playbook we discussed about the
various Analytics/Data Science degrees that are available for you
to pursue your Analytics/Data Science career. In this post we will
look into 6 important criteria, which you should consider while
deciding where you want to pursue your Masters.
Here are the areas that you need to consider
• The job profiles that you will be eligible post your MS in
Analytics / Data Science / MIS degrees
• Pay range in these positions
• Concentration of Data / Analytics oriented jobs in different
states
• Average Pay in each state
• Metropolitan cities that have most jobs in this field.
• Top recruiting industries

3. Job Profiles:
There are a wide range of job profiles that open up once you
pursue your MS in Analytics / Data Science or MIS degree. We have
compiled them into 5 categories, Management Analysts,
Computer Systems Analysts, Information Security Analysts,
Statisticians and Operations Research analysts.
The below table gives you an overview of the number of positions
that were filled up for respective job profiles and their mean
annual wage in the year 2015.

4. Role
Number of
Employments in
2015
Mean annual
wage
Management
Consultants
614,110 $91,770
Computer Systems
Analyst
556,660 $90,180
Information Security
Analyst
88,880 $93,250
Operations Research 95,860 $84,180
Statisticians 29,870 $84,440

5. Annual Average Pay
Percentile 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
Management
Consultants
$45,9
70
$60,4
50
$81,3
20
$109,
670
$150,
220
Computer
Systems Analyst
$51,9
10
$66,3
40
$85,8
00
$109,
210
$135,
450
Information
Security Analyst
$51,2
80
$67,8
90
$90,1
20
$115,
980
$143,
770
Operations
Research
$43,5
20
$57,3
10
$78,6
30
$105,
090
$132,
500
Statisticians
$44,9
00
$59,7
50
$80,1
10
$104,
390
$130,
630
Here is a percentile wise breakdown of the annual
average pay for these positions :

6. State & Area wise employment outlook for Analysts in the
US.
We took a look at the states that provide highest jobs in the
domain of analytics.
Here are the top 5 states
 California
 Texas
 Virginia
 Florida
 New York

7. The pictures give you an overview of the state wise job scenario
when it comes to the respective job profiles. In general the west
coast and east coast dominate the job market.

12. While the above information gives an overview of the states
you can target to pursue your Masters, we thought it would
be really helpful if we pinpoint the areas in these states that
are hot spots for jobs in this sector. So here are the top 12
areas / metropolitan cities that you need to target either
when you are applying for a Masters degree or applying to a
job post your Masters.
The list mentioned in the next slide is arranged such that the
first area is most popular and descends from there on.

13.  Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Metropolitan Division
 New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan
Division
 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division
 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division
 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metropolitan
Division
 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-W
 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division
 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
 Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA

14. If the pictures above did not satisfy your thirst the ones below
will do, take a look at the jobs present in each area

19. Industries that recruit Analyst
Now it is time to understand the type of industries that hire most
of the analysts. Here is the list,
 Computer Systems Design and Related Services Management,
 Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
 Management of Companies and Enterprises
 State Government (OES Designation)
 Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)
 Insurance Carriers
 Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services

20. As an analyst all you need to do is connect dots, and this article is
where you can start. From the information provided in this post,
you know the high paying states & metropolitan cities, and the
industries that recruit the most. All you need to do next is check
out for universities that provide good analytics coursework.
Once you do that, apply for such universities and make sure your
locality has one of the above mentioned industries. One cannot
plan better than this.

21. State wise average pay for Analysts
If you are someone like me, after all these information, one
question you will still have is about “MONEY”. How much money
can you earn? and where is the best place to maximize your
potential?
Don’t worry, we have it covered as well.
We have split it into 2 categories.
1.States which provide the highest number of occupation
2.States that pay the most

22. 1.States which provide the highest number of occupation.
The states below are listed in descending order with respect to the
number of jobs that they provide
 California
 Texas
 Virginia
 Florida
 New York
 Illinois
 Ohio
 Maryland
 Massachusetts
 Pennsylvania

23. 2.States that pay the most.
Here are the list of universities that – Well instead of listing it
down, we have provided you pictorial representations of the high
paying states for Analytics profile, take a look at it.

28. Summary
Uptill now, we have covered the following,
 Job Profile post your Masters
 Average Pay
 State and city wise job split up
 State wise wage split up
 Industries that recruit analysts
The information provided in here is a part of our overall analysis.
Since we were unable to fill in all the data we collected, we have
created a google spreadsheet that you can download and have
detailed inputs on jobs, wages, industries that recruit analysts and
much more. You can download it here.

29. The next post will focus on the skill sets that Analysts require to
succeed in their career. Until then, stay tuned.
References:
https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm

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