Data Entry Specialist salary in Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR

Pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock against Arkansas and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Little Rock-North Little Rock earns $33,860–$38,330. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $45,200, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $4,470 wide, against $6,910 across Arkansas and $12,650 nationally: employers in Little Rock-North Little Rock 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 $4,470 a year in pay and about $5,768 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $0 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Little Rock-North Little Rock, and the Arkansas statewide median of $33,860 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local data entry specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in Little Rock-North Little Rock

At the $33,860 median, a local hire costs about $43,690 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $9,830 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock

Data entry specialists have the lowest median of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock; project coordinators have the highest, at $73,480.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #9 of the 17 roles we track in Little Rock-North Little Rock (-18.1%), between office managers (-15.5%) and administrative assistants (-18.3%). The typical role here is at -18.1%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Data entry specialists hold 1.4% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Little Rock-North Little Rock, 0.9% across Arkansas and 0.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Arkansas

Across the 7 areas of Arkansas with data for this job, the median runs from $33,860 in Little Rock-North Little Rock to $37,830 in Jonesboro, a gap of $3,970 a year. No other area in Arkansas has as many data entry specialists, and none of the others pays less.

Little Rock-North Little Rock against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Little Rock-North Little Rock is #50 of 389 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, yet its pay sits in the bottom quarter of US areas. Outside Arkansas, Beckley and Hartford-West Hartford pay just above Little Rock-North Little Rock and Wichita Falls and Muncie just below. All four are within $300 a year of the median in Little Rock-North Little Rock. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, all three pay more.

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