Let's start with a basic definition: A platform is a system that can be programmed and therefore customized by outside developers -- users -- and in that way, adapted to countless needs and niches that the platform's original developers could not have possibly contemplated, much less had time to accommodate.
Intelligence analysts earn the most in the District of Columbia, earning average annual wages of $94,620. On average, the highest type of analyst position is in public administration, where they earn an average salary of $90,770.
Salaries for the relatively untried average out to around $55K, but survey participants with five to 10 years of experience earn a significantly higher median of $67K. Intelligence Analysts bring in $80K after working for 10 to 20 years. Intelligence Analysts who have stuck around for more than two decades see earnings that are only slightly higher than those of folks who have worked for 10 to 20 years; the more senior group makes around $88K on average.