Pricing Analyst

What Does a Professional in this Career Do?

A Pricing Analyst researches and recommends prices for company products or services. Analyzes company costs, industry pricing trends and prices at competitor companies. Develops strategies for pricing to improve sales.

Job Outlook

There were 253 Pricing Analyst job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 8106 in the United States.

In combination with other careers in the Pricing Analyst industry, which includes the Pricing Analyst career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2015:

Salary

Many new Pricing 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 $96,059.

State

The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $92,036.

Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for Pricing Analyst postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $78,672.

Education and Experience

Posted Pricing 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	79.23%
Master's Degree	19.43%
Doctoral Degree	0.88%
Other	7.32%

Posted Pricing 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	32.89%
3 to 5 years	47.22%
6 to 8 years	10.65%
9+ years	9.24%

Skills

Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills Pricing 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.

Microsoft Excel (46.8%)
Communication (46.57%)
Management (43.17%)
Sales (43.09%)
Detail Oriented (33.86%)
Problem Solving (29%)
Leadership (24.25%)
Operations (23.77%)
Analytical Skills (22.63%)
Microsoft Office (22.16%)

Defining Skills

A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.

Accounting (27.41%)
Finance (52.76%)
Data Analysis (32.11%)
Pricing Strategies (47.12%)
SQL (Programming Language) (23.4%)

Necessary Skills

A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.

Price Analysis (14.36%)
Supply Chain (6.96%)
Auditing (15.77%)
Automation (4.48%)
Microsoft Access (9.07%)
Underwriting (4.65%)
Business Development (9.07%)
Python (Programming Language) (10%)
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) (7.79%)
Corporate Finance (6.93%)
Economics (24.14%)
R (Programming Language) (7.25%)
Pivot Tables And Charts (9.8%)
Product Management (7.32%)
Financial Analysis (18.24%)
Financial Modeling (11.09%)
Procurement (5.8%)
Marketing (24.21%)
Project Management (14.94%)
Visual Basic For Applications (3.1%)
Market Trend (13.14%)
Business Strategies (3.24%)
Process Improvement (10.69%)
SAP Applications (7.75%)
Request For Proposal (14.9%)
Power BI (12.98%)
Statistics (12.43%)
SAS (Software) (8.05%)
Tableau (Business Intelligence Software) (12.58%)

Distinguishing Skills

A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.

Pricing Systems (3.9%)
Pricing Analytics (4.44%)

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.

Pricing Systems (4.88%)
Pricing Analytics (5.56%)
Finance (66.13%)
Pricing Strategies (59.05%)
SQL (Programming Language) (29.33%)

Alternative Job Titles

Sometimes employers post jobs with Pricing Analyst skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:

Actuarial Analyst
Pricing Data Analyst
Transfer Pricing Analyst
Sales and Pricing Analyst
Pricing Analytics Manager
Pricing Actuarial Analyst
Director of Pricing
Demand Forecast Analyst
Pricing Business Analyst

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.

Common Employers

Here are the employers that have posted the most Pricing Analyst jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.

United States

Prime Therapeutics (196)
Humana (152)
Smx Corporation Limited (141)
CVS Health (115)
Amentum (114)
Windstream (83)
Lumen Technologies (72)
Uline (70)
KPMG (65)
Intel (65)

North Carolina

Lowe's (10)
Volvo (7)
Food Lion (6)
KPMG (6)
Humana (6)
UnitedHealth Group (6)
Circle K (5)
United Natural Foods (5)
Windstream (5)
Randstad (5)

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!

All wages, job posting statistics, employment trend projections, and information about skill desirability on this page represents historical data and does not guarantee future conditions. Data is provided by and downloaded regularly from Lightcast. For more information about how Lightcast gathers data and what it represents, see Lightcast Data: Basic Overview on Lightcast's Knowledge Base website.

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