Document Management Specialists Career, Salary and Skills
Document Management Specialists have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $116,580 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 435,370. Wage data is published for 396 locations.
Occupation description
Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.
O*NET code
15-1299.03
Job zone
4
Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$116,580
Hourly median
$56.05
Employment
435,370
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Writing | 3.75 | 3.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | 3.62 | 3.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.62 | 3.38 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Active Learning | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.12 | 3.38 |
Typical tasks
- Assist in the development of document or content classification taxonomies to facilitate information capture, search, and retrieval.
- Implement electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists.
- Identify and classify documents or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata.
- Develop, document, or maintain standards, best practices, or system usage procedures.
- Assist in the assessment, acquisition, or deployment of new electronic document management systems.
- Administer document and system access rights and revision control to ensure security of system and integrity of master documents.
- Prepare and record changes to official documents and confirm changes with legal and compliance management staff, including enterprise-wide records management staff.
- Assist in determining document management policies to facilitate efficient, legal, and secure access to electronic content.
Technology
- Ademero Content Central
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Advanced Processing and Imaging OptiView ECM
- Alfresco Software Alfresco
- Apache Groovy
- Apache Tomcat
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Autonomy iManage WorkSite
- Business process management BPM software
- Cabinet NG CNG-SAFE
Document Management Specialists salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Document Management Specialists Salary in CAMedian $134,440 · Employment 80,150
- Document Management Specialists Salary in TXMedian $111,530 · Employment 57,020
- Document Management Specialists Salary in GAMedian $104,610 · Employment 20,630
- Document Management Specialists Salary in Los Angeles, CAMedian $109,700 · Employment 20,060
- Document Management Specialists Salary in Dallas, TXMedian $127,360 · Employment 19,540
- Document Management Specialists Salary in MDMedian $144,680 · Employment 19,060
- Document Management Specialists Salary in DCMedian $156,590 · Employment 17,200
- Document Management Specialists Salary in VAMedian $139,030 · Employment 17,000
- Document Management Specialists Salary in San Francisco, CAMedian $161,700 · Employment 16,930
- Document Management Specialists Salary in San Jose, CAMedian $184,430 · Employment 16,680
- Document Management Specialists Salary in New York, NYMedian $126,910 · Employment 16,230
- Document Management Specialists Salary in NCMedian $104,850 · Employment 15,090
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Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.