
Cognos - Minneapolis, MN - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Cognos
Business Intelligence
United States Location
Minneapolis - St. Paul
MN - WI
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 6/1/21 to 5/31/22
Salary Average
$83,062
Experience Requirement
6 Years and 6 Months
Raise +1 Year
$3,911 at 4.71%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years & 6 Months: $83,062 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $77,867 & $88,257; and, 5% of Jobs top $95,846.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.
$310,588 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 6/1/21 to 5/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
---|---|
2.5% | $98,365 |
5% | $95,846 |
10% | $92,980 |
25% | $88,257 |
33% | $86,341 |
50% | $83,062 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years and 6 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $82,096 | $84,028 |
25% | $80,611 | $85,513 |
33% | $79,783 | $86,341 |
50% | $77,867 | $88,257 |
67% | $75,545 | $90,580 |
95% | $67,760 | $98,365 |
Salary Average =
$83,062
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years and 6 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
5 Years and 6 Months | $79,093 | $3,969 at 5.02% |
6 Years and 6 Months | $83,062 | $3,911 at 4.71% |
7 Years and 6 Months | $86,973 | $3,870 at 4.45% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level and increases at a fixed rate with experience.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $64,400 at the low experience of 2 Years and 1 Month; $83,062 at the average experience of 6 Years and 6 Months; and, $100,405 at the top experience of 11 Years.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
14 Years and 3 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 6/1/21 to 5/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
3 Years | $68,655 | $4,305 at 6.27% |
4 Years | $72,960 | $4,118 at 5.64% |
5 Years | $77,078 | $4,008 at 5.20% |
6 Years | $81,086 | $3,937 at 4.86% |
7 Years | $85,023 | $3,889 at 4.57% |
8 Years | $88,912 | $3,855 at 4.34% |
9 Years | $92,767 | $3,829 at 4.13% |
10 Years | $96,596 | $3,809 at 3.94% |
11 Years | $100,405 | $3,796 at 3.78% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 2 Years and 1 Month | $64,400 | $4,624 at 7.18% |
Average | 6 Years and 6 Months | $83,062 | $3,911 at 4.71% |
Top | 11 Years | $100,405 | $3,796 at 3.78% |
Qualifications
Description
Business Intelligence, with IBM Cognos, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- IBM Cognos;
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- Business Intelligence (BI),
- Business Intelligence (BI), Report Developer, Report Analyst, Reports Writer, Reporting Specialist or SQL Reporting.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
- Project Lead,
- Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
- 6.1% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 75.8% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 98.5% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 4.5% of job descriptions;
- SAP Hana,
- 72.7% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft SQL Server,
- 10.6% of job descriptions;
- Oracle PL/SQL (Procedural Language / Structured Query Language),
- 7.6% of job descriptions;
- IBM DB2,
- 6.1% of job descriptions;
- OLAP (Online Application Programing),
- 9.1% of job descriptions;
- Tableau,
- 84.8% of job descriptions;
- Agile software methodology,
- 4.5% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 3% of job descriptions.
Location
Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN
- Minnesota,
- Anoka, Apple Valley, Blain, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Cambridge, Carver, Chisago, Clumbia Heights, Coon Rapids, Cottage Grove, Dakota, Eagan, Eagon, Eden Prairie, Edina, Fridley, Hennepin, Isanti, Lake Elmo, Maple Grove, Maplewood, Mendota Heights, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, New Brighton, New Richmond, Northfield, Oak Grove, Pierce, Plymouth, Ramsey, Richfield, River Falls, Roseville, Saint Paul, Scott, Shakopee, Sherburne, St Croix, St Louis Park, St Paul, Washington, Wayzata, White Blair Lake, Woodbury and Wright.
These locations are all included in the Minneapolis - St. Paul, MN metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).