Highest-paying Cities for Data Entry Keyers

The top 100 highest paying cities for data entry keyers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of data entry keyers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $48,050, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for data entry keyers. It is followed by Barnstable Town, Massachusetts (average annual salary $47,870). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of data entry keyers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Data Entry Keyers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,050	$34,270	1,370
2	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$47,870	$35,250	30
3	Olympia, Washington	$47,010	$30,990	160
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$46,800	$37,100	1,690
5	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$46,660	$33,180	40
6	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$46,530	$30,560	760
7	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$45,310	$35,460	50
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$44,730	$37,590	580
9	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$44,600	$33,670	n/a
10	Salt Lake City, Utah	$44,060	$29,290	1,780
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$43,680	$35,340	1,580
12	Anchorage, Alaska	$43,680	$34,130	50
13	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$43,670	$23,980	40
14	Flint, Michigan	$42,710	$30,490	120
15	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$42,460	$31,020	9,970
16	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$42,450	$28,000	30
17	Yuba City, California	$42,040	$25,250	40
18	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$41,510	$31,030	1,370
19	Boulder, Colorado	$41,420	$34,110	160
20	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$41,310	$33,280	1,020
21	Jackson, Michigan	$41,190	$28,900	40
22	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$40,790	$32,410	140
23	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$40,660	$34,080	70
24	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$40,600	$35,210	70
25	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, South Carolina	$40,540	$25,720	60
26	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$40,430	$31,840	50
27	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$40,350	$27,540	30
28	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$40,350	$27,630	60
29	Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$40,330	$20,930	40
30	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$40,320	$32,520	70
31	Knoxville, Tennessee	$40,310	$27,380	540
32	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$40,160	$31,360	1,180
33	Ocean City, New Jersey	$40,120	$28,810	40
34	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$39,840	$30,260	110
35	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$39,750	$33,180	60
36	Napa, California	$39,670	$33,380	40
37	Springfield, Massachusetts	$39,440	$32,410	180
38	Bellingham, Washington	$39,410	$33,140	50
39	Bangor, Maine	$39,260	$27,990	50
40	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$39,260	$31,610	490
41	Salem, Oregon	$39,090	$32,000	170
42	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$39,040	$30,430	880
43	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$38,990	$29,850	130
44	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$38,990	$29,750	150
45	Worcester, Massachusetts	$38,950	$30,320	210
46	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$38,940	$30,330	430
47	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$38,870	$28,080	130
48	Jackson, Tennessee	$38,840	$23,920	40
49	Syracuse, New York	$38,820	$29,570	210
50	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$38,790	$28,750	140
51	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,790	$27,860	2,580
52	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$38,790	$30,010	120
53	Medford, Oregon	$38,730	$30,160	60
54	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$38,700	$30,210	110
55	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$38,670	$27,410	120
56	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$38,620	$30,540	340
57	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$38,570	$26,360	1,170
58	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$38,550	$29,790	3,370
59	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$38,540	$28,300	350
60	Bismarck, North Dakota	$38,520	$34,860	90
61	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$38,500	$26,360	60
62	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$38,490	$30,690	140
63	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$38,450	$30,700	50
64	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$38,440	$29,720	330
65	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$38,420	$26,460	140
66	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$38,420	$30,600	380
67	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$38,400	$31,140	50
68	Redding, California	$38,370	$29,320	40
69	Midland, Texas	$38,310	$27,830	110
70	Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona	$38,290	$26,690	60
71	Modesto, California	$38,250	$30,730	130
72	Stockton, California	$38,110	$32,290	190
73	El Centro, California	$38,070	$29,660	40
74	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$38,060	$28,080	430
75	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$38,050	$28,610	70
76	New Haven, Connecticut	$38,020	$29,970	210
77	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$38,020	$23,380	40
78	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$37,980	$29,410	330
79	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$37,940	$32,650	100
80	Nashua, New Hampshire	$37,890	$31,560	150
81	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$37,850	$27,480	3,040
82	Bend, Oregon	$37,830	$32,210	50
83	Visalia-Porterville, California	$37,810	$31,050	70
84	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$37,790	$30,100	110
85	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$37,770	$29,880	220
86	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,710	$30,100	30
87	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$37,700	$28,810	160
88	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,690	$32,510	930
89	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$37,680	$29,730	70
90	Salinas, California	$37,680	$30,840	90
91	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,680	$29,120	7,630
92	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$37,680	$20,800	340
93	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$37,660	$25,640	40
94	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$37,640	$31,640	60
95	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$37,630	$30,380	320
96	Greeley, Colorado	$37,570	$28,680	40
97	Sioux City, South Dakota	$37,560	$28,970	60
98	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$37,550	$20,840	70
99	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$37,550	$26,670	7,430
100	Southwestern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$37,500	$24,980	160

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for data entry keyers.