The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $47,440, Massachusetts is the highest paying state for data entry keyers. It is followed by Nevada (average annual salary $46,530). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts | $47,440 |
$34,070 | 1,910 |
| 2 | Nevada | $46,530 |
$27,610 | 930 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $46,430 |
$33,240 | 360 |
| 4 | Alaska | $43,660 |
$23,980 | 90 |
| 5 | Washington | $41,860 |
$32,180 | 2,420 |
| 6 | New York | $41,850 |
$30,840 | 9,160 |
| 7 | Colorado | $39,970 |
$30,440 | 2,070 |
| 8 | Maine | $39,750 |
$30,180 | 280 |
| 9 | Rhode Island | $39,260 |
$31,610 | 420 |
| 10 | California | $39,260 |
$29,190 | 15,710 |
| 11 | New Jersey | $39,140 |
$29,400 | 5,190 |
| 12 | Hawaii | $39,040 |
$28,300 | 410 |
| 13 | North Dakota | $38,430 |
$24,290 | 150 |
| 14 | Oregon | $38,300 |
$30,420 | 1,400 |
| 15 | Utah | $38,220 |
$26,970 | 2,590 |
| 16 | Arizona | $37,350 |
$27,480 | 3,920 |
| 17 | Iowa | $37,330 |
$29,100 | 1,270 |
| 18 | New Hampshire | $37,060 |
$28,080 | 1,070 |
| 19 | Maryland | $36,610 |
$26,920 | 2,570 |
| 20 | Minnesota | $36,600 |
$30,420 | 1,600 |
| 21 | Illinois | $36,560 |
$26,670 | 9,550 |
| 22 | Ohio | $36,400 |
$27,670 | 6,080 |
| 23 | Nebraska | $36,290 |
$24,380 | 1,150 |
| 24 | Michigan | $36,240 |
$29,320 | 4,050 |
| 25 | Connecticut | $36,190 |
$29,410 | 1,650 |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | $36,180 |
$27,540 | 7,170 |
| 27 | Vermont | $35,840 |
$31,230 | 390 |
| 28 | Wyoming | $35,780 |
$23,910 | 110 |
| 29 | North Carolina | $35,370 |
$24,770 | 5,770 |
| 30 | Florida | $35,250 |
$26,440 | 12,410 |
| 31 | Montana | $35,030 |
$22,960 | 380 |
| 32 | Tennessee | $34,290 |
$27,160 | 3,770 |
| 33 | Texas | $34,200 |
$24,370 | 19,060 |
| 34 | Georgia | $34,150 |
$21,930 | 4,080 |
| 35 | Oklahoma | $33,550 |
$27,370 | 1,800 |
| 36 | Wisconsin | $33,280 |
$23,120 | 3,200 |
| 37 | Arkansas | $33,240 |
$24,940 | 1,150 |
| 38 | Virgin Islands | $33,050 |
$24,180 | 60 |
| 39 | Indiana | $33,040 |
$25,510 | 3,470 |
| 40 | Kentucky | $32,780 |
$24,410 | 2,330 |
| 41 | Louisiana | $32,580 |
$22,330 | 1,360 |
| 42 | Delaware | $32,580 |
$23,080 | 440 |
| 43 | Missouri | $32,470 |
$23,970 | 2,770 |
| 44 | Kansas | $32,440 |
$26,820 | 1,520 |
| 45 | Idaho | $32,420 |
$27,870 | 840 |
| 46 | South Carolina | $31,940 |
$22,390 | 1,490 |
| 47 | Virginia | $31,920 |
$23,390 | 4,000 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $31,310 |
$21,840 | 790 |
| 49 | South Dakota | $31,070 |
$31,060 | 60 |
| 50 | Alabama | $29,850 |
$22,990 | 1,050 |
| 51 | Mississippi | $29,800 |
$22,290 | 780 |
| 52 | New Mexico | $29,400 |
$25,200 | 350 |
| 53 | Guam | $22,980 |
$18,670 | 90 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $19,590 |
$17,680 | 2,730 |