2025 median annual pay
$101,860
Median for the whole occupation, across all experience levels. It is not specific to a level or to Brazil.
Career in 2026 and 2027
Business Analyst
A business analyst turns a business problem into requirements, process models and data that a delivery team can build and test. The role grows from documenting what stakeholders say to deciding what is worth building and why.
Content reviewed on October 20, 2026
- Levels
- 4
- Skills mapped at Mid-level
- 8
What each level must prove
Mid-level
Delivers testable requirements, data models and queries, and manages the stakeholders around them.
You write user stories with acceptance criteria, check data yourself with SQL and run the workshops where conflicting needs are settled. Compared with junior, you work with less supervision and you are expected to prove a requirement with data, not only collect it.
Average score required: 69%
BRD & FRD Writing
Why: You can keep requirements consistent through change requests and version control, so the document still matches what the team is actually building.
User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
Why: You can write stories that meet INVEST and acceptance criteria in Given-When-Then, so QA can test a story without asking you what it meant.
BPMN Process Modeling
Why: You can break a large process into subprocesses and model exceptions and events, covering the rejected-order path that the happy-path diagram left out.
Gap Analysis
Why: You can recommend how to close each gap, choosing between a process change, a new capability or a tool, rather than only listing what is missing.
Data Modeling (ERD)
Why: You can draw an ERD with entities and cardinality, catching that a customer can have many addresses before the database is built with only one.
SQL Querying for Analysis
Why: You can query the data with joins and aggregation to check a stakeholder's claim, such as how many orders are actually delayed, without waiting for an engineer.
Stakeholder Mapping
Why: You can map stakeholders by power and interest and plan communication for each, so the sponsor who can veto the project is not learning about it late.
Facilitation Techniques
Why: You can run a workshop with MoSCoW prioritization and handle a conflict between two departments, leaving with a ranked list instead of an argument.
Study for Business Analyst: trails and practice exams
Each level of this career maps to a study trail. Read the full topic map for free, then measure your level.
Market snapshot (United States)
Projected job growth, 2025–2035
+10%
Much faster than average
Closest US occupation: Management Analysts. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, updated August 27, 2026
Two ways to move up one level
12 weeks · intensive
For whoever has a deadline
About 8 hours a week, in 1 cycle focused on the gaps that weigh most.
40 weeks · regular
Alongside work
About 4 hours a week, in 3 cycles. Each cycle carries what was left from the previous one.
Frequently asked questions
What is Business Analyst?
A business analyst turns a business problem into requirements, process models and data that a delivery team can build and test. The role grows from documenting what stakeholders say to deciding what is worth building and why.
What must each level of Business Analyst prove?
Business Analyst is mapped in 4 levels: Junior, Mid-level, Senior, and Expert. Open each level above to see the skills it must prove.
How long does the Business Analyst plan take?
The plan has 2 paces: 12 weeks per level at about 8 hours a week (intensive) and 40 weeks per level at about 4 hours a week (regular).
How the plan works
AI tutor
A study session on each new topic, at your level.
AI school
Hands-on lessons on using AI in your career's daily work.
Assessments
Each requirement is proven by measurement, not by a checkbox.
Stage review
At the end of each cycle you see what moved and what carries over.
Find out which level you are at
A short diagnostic measures the skills you already have. The journey starts from there.