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Data Entry Keyers in New Jersey

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-24% Jobs Projection
$37,960 Median Salary
720 Job Openings

While jobs for Data Entry Keyers in New Jersey are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Data Entry Keyers in New Jersey is expected to decrease.

  • Data Entry Keyers in New Jersey earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Data Entry Keyers Work in New Jersey?

8,360 people worked as Data Entry Keyers in 2018 in this state.

There were 8,690 Data Entry Keyers employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 330 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 1,785 Data Entry Keyers working in it, which means New Jersey has more Data Entry Keyers than average.

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Job Projections for New Jersey

Jobs for Data Entry Keyers in this state are declining at a rate of 24.1% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -21.2%.

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New Jersey Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 720 annual job openings, and a total of 7,050 jobs for New Jersey Data Entry Keyers in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 16,800 annual jobs and 160,600 total jobs in 2026.

What do Data Entry Keyers Make in New Jersey?

In 2018 wages for Data Entry Keyers ranged from $26,270 to $57,570 with $37,960 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $12.63 to $27.68. The median hourly rate was $18.25.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $17.78 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.47.

The median salary in New Jersey is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top New Jersey Metros for Data Entry Keyers

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Data Entry Keyers.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 15,290 $37,480
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 4,740 $33,100
Trenton, NJ 460 $39,870
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 350 $31,560
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 190 $33,270
Ocean City, NJ 150 $36,050
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ 80 $40,860

Top States for Data Entry Keyers Employment

The table below shows the states where most Data Entry Keyers work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 21,040 $33,840
Texas 20,970 $30,200
Florida 12,890 $29,980
New York 12,490 $35,240
New Jersey 8,360 $37,960
Illinois 8,140 $33,850
Pennsylvania 7,290 $32,040
Ohio 6,040 $30,800
Michigan 5,950 $32,370
North Carolina 5,030 $31,720
Missouri 4,710 $31,480
Georgia 4,300 $31,030
Tennessee 3,910 $30,350
Utah 3,580 $32,840
Arizona 3,460 $30,410
Virginia 3,120 $34,100
Maryland 2,810 $35,650
Wisconsin 2,750 $31,720
Colorado 2,650 $34,750
Massachusetts 2,570 $37,050

Below are the states where Data Entry Keyers get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $41,360
Connecticut $38,890
New Jersey $37,960
Alaska $37,490
Rhode Island $37,400
Massachusetts $37,050
Washington $36,880
Maryland $35,650
New York $35,240
Minnesota $34,920

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