Healthcare Analyst
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
A Healthcare Analyst is responsible for compiling important medical data through the use of computer-based applications, within a health care organization or hospital. Responsible for gathering, compiling, modeling, validating, and analyzing data needed by the organization.
Job Outlook
There were 388 Healthcare Analyst job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 14183 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Clinical Analyst / Clinical Documentation and Improvement Specialist industry, which includes the Healthcare Analyst career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new Healthcare Analyst jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $99,779.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $96,865.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Healthcare Analyst postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $80,403.
Education and Experience
Posted Healthcare Analyst jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 75.22% |
| Master's Degree | 26.55% |
| Doctoral Degree | 2.8% |
| Other | 8.23% |
Posted Healthcare Analyst jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 31.96% |
| 3 to 5 years | 52.87% |
| 6 to 8 years | 11.74% |
| 9+ years | 3.43% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Healthcare Analyst positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (50.16%)
- Microsoft Excel (41.13%)
- Problem Solving (33.91%)
- Research (33.89%)
- Operations (30.77%)
- Leadership (28.96%)
- Management (28.42%)
- Microsoft PowerPoint (25.28%)
- Presentations (22.95%)
- Detail Oriented (22.79%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (24.27%)
- Project Management (23.05%)
- Data Analysis (38.22%)
- Healthcare Analytics (10.92%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Technical Requirements (8.97%)
- Healthcare Industry Knowledge (32.87%)
- Revenue Cycle Management (11.72%)
- Data Science (8.93%)
- Surveys (2.05%)
- Process Improvement (17.75%)
- Utilization Management (7.86%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (42.66%)
- Statistics (17.99%)
- SAS (Software) (19.45%)
- Power BI (25.18%)
- Population Health (6.76%)
- Performance Improvement (7.66%)
- Pharmaceuticals (3.27%)
- Medicare (18.08%)
- Microsoft Visio (5.65%)
- Managed Care (15.62%)
- Medicaid (17.96%)
- Python (Programming Language) (13.11%)
- Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (11.31%)
- Life Sciences (4.27%)
- HEDIS (Healthcare Effectiveness Data And Information Set) (6.99%)
- Marketing (3.53%)
- R (Programming Language) (10.83%)
- Financial Analysis (9.62%)
- Financial Statements (7.32%)
- Electronic Medical Record (8.65%)
- Finance (24.05%)
- Economics (21.2%)
- Data Visualization (14.1%)
- CPT Coding (8.83%)
- Data Collection (5.76%)
- Data Management (9.39%)
- Data Modeling (4.75%)
- Data Quality (6.87%)
- Public Health (11.54%)
- Computer Science (15.78%)
- Information Systems (4.36%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (5.3%)
- Epidemiology (10.68%)
- Dashboard (15.81%)
- Business Process (10.26%)
- Business Requirements (11.9%)
- Call Center Experience (9.17%)
- Medical Records (8.31%)
- Automation (6.21%)
- Reconciliation (5.03%)
- Business Intelligence (9.63%)
- Billing (19.1%)
- Health Informatics (3.86%)
- Auditing (16.27%)
- Accounting (12.73%)
- Operations Research (8.6%)
- Agile Methodology (3.88%)
- Quality Improvement (5.91%)
- Microsoft Access (11.02%)
- Workflow Management (21.01%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- Interim Management (3.94%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Interim Management (100%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with Healthcare Analyst skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- Healthcare Data Analyst
- Performance Analyst
- Analytics Analyst
- Healthcare Business Analyst
- Revenue Cycle Analyst
- Analytics Consultant
- Healthcare Analytics Consultant
- Analyst
- Quality Improvement Intern
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
- Data Analyst
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Operations Analyst (General)
- Business Analysis Manager
- Decision Support Analyst
- Data Specialist
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most Healthcare Analyst jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Molina Healthcare (909)
- Evolent (734)
- Elevance Health (551)
- Alvarez & Marsal (535)
- CVS Health (508)
- Humana (468)
- Stiftelsen Norstella (395)
- Evolent Health (330)
- Centene (230)
- Deloitte (216)
North Carolina
- Alvarez & Marsal (21)
- Evolent (14)
- Elevance Health (12)
- Centene (11)
- Novant Health (8)
- CVS Health (8)
- Blue Cross Nc (7)
- Atrium Health (7)
- Humana (7)
- Stiftelsen Norstella (7)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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