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Entry-level data analyst jobs in Illinois: 92 open roles

92 open entry-level data analyst jobs in Illinois, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $82,500 a year. A data analyst answers business questions with data: pulling it, cleaning it, analyzing it and presenting what it means. It is one of the most accessible technical-adjacent entry roles.

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The data analyst job in Illinois

The job is the same anywhere; what changes is who is hiring.

A typical day

  1. 1. Write queries to pull data
  2. 2. Clean and check data
  3. 3. Build dashboards and reports
  4. 4. Explain results to non-technical people
  5. 5. Answer ad hoc questions

Skills it uses

  1. 1. SQL
  2. 2. Excel
  3. 3. A dashboard tool (Tableau, Power BI or Looker)
  4. 4. Basic statistics
  5. 5. Storytelling with data
  6. 6. Attention to detail
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Employers hiring in Illinois

  • Chamberlain University 6
  • DRW 4
  • Work at Home 3
  • dnasllc 2
  • Michael Page 2
  • Northwestern Medicine 2
  • Packaging Corporation of America 2
  • PSG Global Solutions 2

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