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Data Entry Keyers — Career Decision Dashboard

United States

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Median annual wage

$41,340

United States, 2025

Employment

127,080

United States, 2025

Typical education

High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)

Job Zone 2

Skills identified

35

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Career overview

Operate data entry device, such as keyboard or photo composing perforator. Duties may include verifying data and preparing materials for printing.

O*NET code
43-9021.00
Job zone
2
Experience required
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

Typical tasks

  • Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.
  • Compile, sort, and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered.
  • Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.
  • Store completed documents in appropriate locations.
  • Select materials needed to complete work assignments.
  • Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners.
  • Maintain logs of activities and completed work.
  • Load machines with required input or output media, such as paper, cards, disks, tape, or Braille media.

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Salary analysis — United States

$31,200
10th
$35,760
25th
$41,340
Median
$48,410
75th
$58,790
90th

10th percentile

$31,200

25th percentile

$35,760

75th percentile

$48,410

90th percentile

$58,790

Most important skills

  • Reading Comprehension3.6
  • Active Listening3.4
  • Monitoring3.3
  • Time Management3.0
  • Writing3.0
  • Critical Thinking2.9
  • Complex Problem Solving2.9
  • Speaking2.9
  • Coordination2.8
  • Active Learning2.8
  • Service Orientation2.8
  • Management of Personnel Resources2.6

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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.

Skill coverage

0%

0 of 5 identified skills

Matched

0

Missing

5

Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.

Skills to develop

SkillImportanceRequired levelYour levelGap
Reading Comprehension3.63.4Not selected3.4
Active Listening3.43.0Not selected3.0
Writing3.03.0Not selected3.0
Time Management3.02.9Not selected2.9
Monitoring3.32.3Not selected2.3

Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.

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How salary varies by location

LocationMedianEmploymentYear
DC$55,1702002025
San Jose, CA$54,5107202025
Albuquerque, NM$53,3202202025
Bismarck, ND$53,140302025
Bloomington, IN$51,7602302025
Olympia, WA$51,6601402025
New Haven, CT$51,3401402025
San Francisco, CA$51,2501,4102025
Boulder, CO$49,920902025
Helena, MT$49,850902025
NM$49,8103002025
Hilton Head Island, SC$49,280602025
Napa, CA$48,880602025
Portland, ME$48,410602025
Santa Rosa, CA$48,3501602025
ND$48,3001102025
ME$48,1901402025
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,0201002025
Naples, FL$47,8001402025
St. Cloud, MN$47,730502025
All locations with published data

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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0.

Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).

Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.