Education: A Bachelors or Associate Degree is required. A Bachelors Degree is required for large crime scenes. Daily Activities: Forensic DNA analyst spend their days in a lab. They run tests on evidence found at a crime scene. All findings must be reported, and may be used in a court of law. Salary: The average salary for a DNA analyst is around $39,000 a year. While the high end is $62,000. Citation: Forensic DNA Analysts at Work. (n.d.). Retrieved February 09, 2017, from http://www.crimesceneinvestigatoredu.org/forensic-dna-analyst/ Relation to Anna: The analysts can uses the blood at the scene to fine the exact DNA. They can then compare it to DNA collected from a suspect. Reflection: I think I could do this job. It's not too gory and it pays decent. I would be interested in doing something like we did in a lab all the time.