Data Entry Specialist salary in Boston-Cambridge, MA-NH

Pay in Boston-Cambridge against Massachusetts and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Boston-Cambridge earns $41,970–$54,170. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $57,880, only 1.6 times the bottom tenth, against 1.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($47,390) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $12,200 wide, against $15,800 across Massachusetts and $12,650 nationally: employers in Boston-Cambridge 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 $6,530 a year in pay and about $8,426 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,670 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Boston-Cambridge, and the Massachusetts statewide median of $47,560 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local data entry specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in Boston-Cambridge

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $13,831 to the $47,640 median and brings it to $61,471 a year. 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 Boston-Cambridge

Of the 17 roles we track in Boston-Cambridge, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($49,920) and virtual receptionists ($43,930). Project Coordinator is the highest at $114,990.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #10 of the 17 roles we track in Boston-Cambridge (+15.2%), between virtual receptionists (+15.6%) and payroll specialists (+14.9%). The typical role here is at +15.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Data entry specialists hold 0.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Boston-Cambridge, 0.4% across Massachusetts and 0.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Massachusetts

Across the 4 areas of Massachusetts with data for this job, the median runs from $40,390 in Springfield to $47,640 in Boston-Cambridge, a gap of $7,250 a year. No other area in Massachusetts has as many data entry specialists, and all 3 others pay less.

Boston-Cambridge against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Boston-Cambridge is #12 of 389 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Massachusetts, St. Cloud and Naples-Marco Island pay just above Boston-Cambridge and Honolulu and Salt Lake City-Murray just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Boston-Cambridge. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, one pays more.

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