Data Entry Specialist salary in Oklahoma City, OK

Pay in Oklahoma City against Oklahoma and the US

Data entry specialists at the 90th percentile earn $54,520, 1.8 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.9. The middle half of data entry specialists in Oklahoma City earns $33,620–$44,990. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $11,370 wide, between the figure for Oklahoma ($11,300) 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 $5,450 a year in pay and about $7,032 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,920 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 Oklahoma City, and the Oklahoma statewide median of $38,590 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Oklahoma City

At the $39,540 median, a local hire costs about $51,019 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,479 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 Oklahoma City

Of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($41,850) and customer support specialists ($39,330). Project Coordinator is the highest at $85,400.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in Oklahoma City (-4.4%), between e-commerce order specialists (-0.7%) and bookkeepers (-6.9%). The typical role here is at -12.0%, so, measured against the US, data entry specialists cost more in Oklahoma City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Data entry specialists hold 0.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Oklahoma City, 0.7% across Oklahoma and 0.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Oklahoma

Across the 6 areas of Oklahoma with data for this job, the median runs from $35,360 in the Southwest Oklahoma nonmetro area to $40,700 in Tulsa, a gap of $5,340 a year. No other area in Oklahoma has as many data entry specialists, and 4 of the other 5 pay less.

Oklahoma City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Oklahoma City is #42 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 Oklahoma, Killeen-Temple and Baton Rouge pay just above Oklahoma City and Houston-Pasadena and Lakeland-Winter Haven just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Oklahoma City. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, all three pay more.

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