Data Entry Specialist salary in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI

Pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming against Michigan and the US

Data entry specialists at the 90th percentile earn $58,170, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.9. The middle half of data entry specialists in Grand Rapids-Wyoming earns $37,310–$50,980. The mean ($44,110) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,670 wide, wider than in Michigan as a whole ($8,670) and the US ($12,650), so what a data entry specialist earns in Grand Rapids-Wyoming depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a data entry specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $10,350 over the median, the 25th only $3,320 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $13,355 a year in employer cost. 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, and the Michigan statewide median of $38,080 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming

At the $40,630 median, a local hire costs about $52,426 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,796 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 Grand Rapids-Wyoming

Of the 17 roles we track in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($41,180) and virtual receptionists ($37,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $95,020.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Grand Rapids-Wyoming (-1.7%), between paralegals (-0.8%) and virtual receptionists (-2.2%). The typical role here is at -5.2%, so, measured against the US, data entry specialists cost more in Grand Rapids-Wyoming than the area's general pay level would suggest. Data entry specialists hold 0.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Grand Rapids-Wyoming, 0.8% across Michigan and 0.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 14 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $35,910 in Saginaw to $45,970 in Jackson, a gap of $10,060 a year. The one area in Michigan with more data entry specialists, Detroit-Warren, MI ($40,210), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Grand Rapids-Wyoming against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Grand Rapids-Wyoming is #72 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 Michigan, Tulsa and Anchorage pay just above Grand Rapids-Wyoming and North Port-Bradenton and Indianapolis-Carmel just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Grand Rapids-Wyoming. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, none pays as much.

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