Data Entry Specialist salary in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

Pay in Milwaukee-Waukesha against Wisconsin and the US

Data entry specialists at the 90th percentile earn $54,620, 1.9 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.9. The middle half of data entry specialists in Milwaukee-Waukesha earns $31,660–$47,850. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,190 wide, between the figure for Wisconsin ($16,570) and the US figure ($12,650).

What to budget for a data entry specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $8,200 a year in pay and about $10,581 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,990 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $38,170 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Milwaukee-Waukesha

At the $39,650 median, a local hire costs about $51,161 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,511 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 Milwaukee-Waukesha

Data entry specialists have the lowest median of the 17 roles we track in Milwaukee-Waukesha; project coordinators have the highest, at $100,350.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Milwaukee-Waukesha (-4.1%), between paralegals (-4.1%) and marketing specialists (-6.2%). The typical role here is at -1.3%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Data entry specialists hold 0.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Milwaukee-Waukesha, 0.8% across Wisconsin and 0.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 14 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $35,430 in Kenosha to $45,780 in La Crosse-Onalaska, a gap of $10,350 a year. No other area in Wisconsin has as many data entry specialists, and 7 of the other 13 pay less.

Milwaukee-Waukesha against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Milwaukee-Waukesha is #39 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 Wisconsin, Wilmington and Ogden pay just above Milwaukee-Waukesha and Baton Rouge and Killeen-Temple just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in Milwaukee-Waukesha. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, two pay more.

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