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Highest Paying Industries for Data Entry Keyers

The top 100 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $47,470, aerospace product and parts manufacturing is the highest paying industry for data entry keyers. It is followed by electric power generation, transmission and distribution industry (average annual salary $37,350). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of data entry keyers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Data Entry Keyers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$47,470	$26,610	140
2	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$37,350	$25,930	90
3	Natural Gas Distribution	$36,910	$19,690	50
4	Postal Service (federal government)	$36,860	$29,870	1,340
5	Exterminating and Pest Control Services	$36,710	$21,380	90
6	Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)	$36,420	$23,840	200
7	Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance	$35,810	$18,130	n/a
8	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$35,750	$24,430	200
9	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$35,710	$25,200	60
10	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$35,680	$21,350	300
11	Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing	$35,430	$22,190	30
12	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$35,170	$24,360	410
13	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	$35,040	$24,000	70
14	Utilities	$35,000	$19,600	200
15	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$34,390	$26,460	n/a
16	Oil and Gas Extraction	$34,370	$19,550	170
17	Engineering Services	$34,160	$21,120	620
18	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$34,100	$23,040	7,730
19	Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing	$33,940	$18,260	30
20	Wood Product Manufacturing	$33,930	$23,520	70
21	Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles	$33,920	$22,190	160
22	Nonresidential Building Construction	$33,910	$26,290	30
23	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$33,870	$19,830	190
24	Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds	$33,800	$21,930	150
25	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$33,780	$22,150	80
26	Mining	$33,670	$20,350	280
27	Used Merchandise Stores	$33,540	$18,680	200
28	Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing	$33,530	$24,170	60
29	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$33,520	$21,600	300
30	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$33,460	$21,890	1,740
31	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$33,380	$23,980	4,320
32	Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers	$33,380	$24,750	220
33	Automotive Repair and Maintenance	$33,370	$18,480	160
34	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$33,350	$23,840	110
35	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$33,200	$24,060	13,710
36	Federal, State, and Local Government	$33,200	$24,060	13,710
37	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$33,150	$22,310	380
38	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$32,820	$20,450	150
39	State government, including schools and hospitals	$32,800	$23,530	5,980
40	Educational Support Services	$32,770	$21,840	540
41	Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing	$32,750	$21,790	40
42	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$32,740	$21,780	530
43	Other Wood Product Manufacturing	$32,700	$25,170	40
44	Chemical Manufacturing	$32,580	$22,000	240
45	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$32,490	$22,650	140
46	Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing	$32,470	$20,820	100
47	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$32,430	$21,710	150
48	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$32,370	$20,420	n/a
49	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$32,320	$21,500	700
50	Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers	$32,290	$22,940	170
51	Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing	$32,180	$20,880	90
52	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$32,100	$21,430	130
53	Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing	$32,060	$20,010	280
54	Federal government, including USPS	$32,040	$29,210	3,000
55	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$32,040	$21,930	1,240
56	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$32,000	$19,010	160
57	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$31,950	$22,150	600
58	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$31,950	$21,980	200
59	Apparel Manufacturing	$31,950	$19,990	290
60	Scientific Research and Development Services	$31,920	$21,240	1,050
61	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$31,900	$21,220	920
62	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$31,830	$21,370	3,800
63	Support Activities for Mining	$31,760	$20,730	100
64	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$31,650	$22,180	25,250
65	Educational Services - State government owned	$31,580	$22,120	1,420
66	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$31,410	$20,660	4,530
67	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$31,380	$21,660	330
68	Telecommunications	$31,380	$19,410	470
69	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$31,340	$22,570	50
70	Software Publishers	$31,300	$24,400	210
71	Facilities Support Services	$31,170	$18,560	130
72	Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$31,170	$21,700	640
73	Legal Services	$31,110	$20,870	2,880
74	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$31,100	$28,280	1,660
75	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$31,100	$21,400	60
76	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$31,090	$21,070	16,270
77	Religious Organizations	$31,040	$21,150	370
78	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$31,030	$22,320	900
79	Educational Services - Privately owned	$31,020	$20,240	2,790
80	Machine Shops	$31,010	$19,340	50
81	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$30,920	$20,760	460
82	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$30,910	$21,230	2,460
83	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	$30,880	$19,230	420
84	Clothing Stores	$30,850	$21,110	120
85	Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers	$30,850	$20,380	140
86	Hospitals - Privately owned	$30,820	$21,690	3,370
87	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$30,770	$21,640	3,120
88	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$30,680	$21,920	610
89	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$30,660	$19,620	190
90	Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing	$30,640	$21,830	n/a
91	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$30,590	$22,020	110
92	Machinery Manufacturing	$30,590	$22,070	210
93	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$30,580	$19,580	2,000
94	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$30,540	$21,200	140
95	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$30,510	$20,580	6,470
96	Activities Related to Real Estate	$30,510	$21,590	1,980
97	Beverage Manufacturing	$30,500	$22,070	n/a
98	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$30,470	$21,390	4,340
99	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$30,430	$19,690	50
100	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$30,420	$21,350	3,980