Can anyone clarify the difference between business analyst and data analyst? I see them used both together and separately so much it’s so confusing for those new to data world

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Business analyst is the bridge between the tech side and the business side. Often involves requirements gathering and high level management of development projects (e.g. testing, managing sprints, internal or external software product releases). Data analyst primarily does front end analysis of data, excel, sql, power bi and turns that into dashboards/analyses for business leaders to understand. Both roles can overlap considerably, but that’s the general gist of it

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Business analyst = business focused & excel. Maybe light SQL

Data Analyst = more data focused & SQL heavy. Maybe some python.

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In general data analysts are a bit more technical and thus earn a bit more than business analysts do, but that’s not always the case

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