Data Entry Specialist salary in Albany-Schenectady, NY

Pay in Albany-Schenectady against New York and the US

Data entry specialists at the 90th percentile earn $55,070, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.9. The middle half of data entry specialists in Albany-Schenectady earns $34,400–$46,170. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,770 wide, against $13,570 across New York and $12,650 nationally: employers in Albany-Schenectady pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a data entry specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,330 a year in pay and about $8,168 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,440 in pay. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $41,340 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Albany-Schenectady, and the New York statewide median of $44,860 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Albany-Schenectady

At the $39,840 median, a local hire costs about $51,406 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,566 here. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Albany-Schenectady

Of the 17 roles we track in Albany-Schenectady, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($45,140) and virtual receptionists ($39,790). Project Coordinator is the highest at $109,850.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Albany-Schenectady (-3.6%); project coordinators come first (+7.4%). The typical role here is at +1.3%, so, measured against the US, data entry specialists cost less in Albany-Schenectady than the area's general pay level would suggest. Data entry specialists hold 0.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Albany-Schenectady, 0.9% across New York and 0.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in New York

Across the 12 areas of New York with data for this job, the median runs from $36,510 in the Southwest New York nonmetro area to $45,350 in New York-Newark, a gap of $8,840 a year. The one area in New York with more data entry specialists, New York-Newark, NY-NJ ($45,350), also pays more.

Albany-Schenectady against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Albany-Schenectady is #51 of 389 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside New York, Billings and Wildwood-The Villages pay just above Albany-Schenectady and Ogden and Wilmington just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Albany-Schenectady. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, one pays more.

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