Data Entry Specialist salary in Nashville-Murfreesboro, TN

Pay in Nashville-Murfreesboro against Tennessee and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Nashville-Murfreesboro earns $37,050–$48,290. The top tenth earns $60,360 or more, 2.0 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.9 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $11,240 wide, against $12,710 across Tennessee and $12,650 nationally: employers in Nashville-Murfreesboro pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a data entry specialist here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $3,800 over it, while the 25th sits $7,440 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $4,903 more a year with benefits. 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 25th percentile and the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro, and the Tennessee statewide median of $40,490 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Nashville-Murfreesboro

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 $12,916 to the $44,490 median and brings it to $57,406 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 Nashville-Murfreesboro

Of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($45,510) and e-commerce order specialists ($40,570). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,990.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Nashville-Murfreesboro (+7.6%); project coordinators come last (-16.0%). The typical role here is at -3.3%, so, measured against the US, data entry specialists cost more in Nashville-Murfreesboro than the area's general pay level would suggest. Data entry specialists hold 0.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Nashville-Murfreesboro, 0.7% across Tennessee and 0.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Tennessee

Across the 13 areas of Tennessee with data for this job, the median runs from $34,680 in the East Tennessee nonmetro area to $44,490 in Nashville-Murfreesboro, a gap of $9,810 a year. No other area in Tennessee has as many data entry specialists, and all 12 others pay less.

Nashville-Murfreesboro against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Nashville-Murfreesboro is #32 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 Tennessee, Sioux City and Chicago-Naperville pay just above Nashville-Murfreesboro and Redding and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles just below. All four are within $160 a year of the median in Nashville-Murfreesboro. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, two pay more.

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