Data Entry Keyers
United States. Estimated employment 127,080, with pages for 6 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 43-9021
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$41,340 · 50th
$31,20010th
$35,76025th
$41,34050th
$48,41075th
$58,79090th
That is the median — half of data entry keyers in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Data Entry Keyers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $45,350 | 10,110 |
| Syracuse, NY | $42,840 | 230 |
| Buffalo, NY | $41,090 | 410 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $39,910 | 210 |
| Albany, NY | $39,840 | 450 |
| Rochester, NY | $39,400 | 370 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 127,080 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 43-9021, Data Entry Keyers. Mapped to our taxonomy as data-entry-keyers.
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