How much do workforce analysts make in 2026?
Workforce analysts are counted in the BLS human resources specialists series, where OEWS May 2025 gives a national median of $75,940 a year ($36.51 an hour), with a 10th percentile near $47,180 and a 90th percentile of $128,720. The series pools 912,430 HR professionals of every kind, so it prices HR professional work generally rather than analytical roles specifically. A word on titles before the substance: workforce analyst and workforce planning analyst are used interchangeably by many employers and share this SOC. On this site they are separated by emphasis — this page covers the descriptive and diagnostic side, and the companion workforce planning analyst page covers forward capacity and headcount planning. Workforce analysis in the sense used here means measuring and explaining what happened: attrition rates and the drivers behind them, headcount movement, span and layer analysis, absence and utilisation patterns, diversity and pay composition, and the reporting that lets leadership see it. Pay follows analytical depth — from producing metrics to explaining them with statistical rigour — and analysts who can attribute attrition to something actionable rather than describing it sit well into the upper half of this band. Employment is projected to grow 6.2% through 2034 with roughly 81,800 openings a year. → Full workforce analyst career guide, career path, credentials & placement →
Note: $75,940 blends every experience level and every setting in this occupation. For pay by level alone, see Pay by Level below.
- Workforce Analysts earn a national median $75,940/yr ($36.51/hr) (BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1071); the P10 to P90 range is $47,180 to $128,720.
- The $75,940 median is drawn from a 912,430-person pooled HR series and does not price analytical roles specifically; the $47,180 to $128,720 band is the meaningful reading.
- This page covers descriptive and diagnostic workforce analysis — attrition drivers, headcount movement, span and layer, composition — while the companion workforce planning analyst page covers forward capacity planning; the titles overlap in the market and share this SOC.
- The pay step is from producing metrics to explaining them: analysts who can attribute attrition to something a manager can act on sit well into the upper half of the band.
US Workforce Analyst Pay Distribution · BLS OEWS May 2025
Pay by Level · BLS OEWS May 2025
How much do workforce analysts earn at each level?
BLS OEWS publishes one blended wage for the whole occupation and does not break pay out by credential or practice level. The levels below distribute the published percentile range across the credential tiers this role actually hires at.
Level medians are aligned to the BLS OEWS May 2025 percentile distribution for SOC 13-1071; GlobalCybers does not yet publish a verified placement sample for this role, so no verified median is shown.
Methodology & Sources
How the numbers on this page are built
Published (BLS): BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 13-1071, United States national estimate. Public, methodologically rigorous, but sampled on a rolling 3-year basis and published ~10 months after collection — so it reflects wages that are already 1–2 years old by the time you read them.
Level and certification medians: distributed across the published BLS percentile range for this SOC code (P10 through P90) according to the credential tiers this occupation actually hires at. They are modeled reference points, not separately surveyed wages.
State and metro figures: modeled — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers state wage index, and for metros by the published metro index for that state. They are estimates of local pay, not BLS state or metropolitan-area observations, and are labelled as modeled in the tables below.
No verified placement sample:GlobalCybers does not yet publish a placement median for this role, so no "verified" figure appears anywhere on this page.
Pay by Career Level
How much does a workforce analyst earn at each career stage?
Workforce analysis pay follows statistical depth and the decisions the analysis informs. Each median is anchored to the BLS OEWS distribution for SOC 13-1071, a broad pooled HR series.
By State
Which states pay workforce analysts the most in 2026?
State figures are modeled estimates — the BLS national median multiplied by the GlobalCybers salary-calculator state wage index — not BLS state observations, and the pooling caveat travels with them. People analytics roles exist mainly at larger employers with mature HR systems, so employer scale explains far more of the pay variation than state wage levels do.
6 of 51 state guides shown, ranked by median. Bar is relative to California ($87,330), the highest-paying state shown. See all role salary guides →
By Metro
Which cities pay workforce analysts the most?
Metro figures are modeled — national median times state wage index times published metro index — not BLS MSA observations. Corporate headquarters metros host the analytics functions where this work has both data and an audience.
BLS OEWS MSA estimates, May 2025. Nominal pay — weigh each metro against its cost of living before relocating.
Certification Impact
Which certifications raise a workforce analyst’s pay the most?
Median annual pay before and after each credential, based on GlobalCybers placement data cross-referenced with BLS. License upgrades move the needle most; stackable certs add on top.
Impacts are not additive, the licensing rows share the same career ladder. Browse all 167 certifications →
Trade Comparison
How does workforce analyst pay compare to related roles?
BLS OEWS national median across the closest trades. Workforce Analysts sit mid-pack on median but carry one of the widest P10–P90 spreads, licensing and specialization drive the upside.
BLS OEWS May 2025. Verify workforce analyst wages on BLS.gov →
Take-Home Pay
What does a workforce analyst actually take home after taxes?
The medians above are gross base wage.
Estimates use 2026 federal brackets, standard deduction, and 7.65% FICA. Actual take-home varies with filing status, deductions, and local tax.
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