Data Entry Specialist salary in Philadelphia-Camden, PA-NJ

Pay in Philadelphia-Camden against Pennsylvania and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Philadelphia-Camden earns $36,320–$46,840. The top tenth earns $56,250 or more, 1.7 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 $10,520 wide, against $10,890 across Pennsylvania and $12,650 nationally: employers in Philadelphia-Camden 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 $5,560 a year in pay and about $7,174 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $4,960 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 Philadelphia-Camden, and the Pennsylvania statewide median of $38,810 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Philadelphia-Camden

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 $11,985 to the $41,280 median and brings it to $53,265 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 Philadelphia-Camden

Of the 17 roles we track in Philadelphia-Camden, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($47,070) and virtual receptionists ($38,030). Project Coordinator is the highest at $104,160.

Measured against the US median, this job is the lowest paid of the 17 roles we track in Philadelphia-Camden (-0.1%); paralegals come first (+12.0%). The typical role here is at +2.6%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Data entry specialists hold 0.8% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Philadelphia-Camden, 0.9% across Pennsylvania and 0.8% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Pennsylvania

Across the 17 areas of Pennsylvania with data for this job, the median runs from $35,090 in Lebanon to $41,740 in York-Hanover, a gap of $6,650 a year. No other area in Pennsylvania has as many data entry specialists, and 14 of the other 16 pay less.

Philadelphia-Camden against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Philadelphia-Camden is #7 of 389 US areas, one of the ten largest markets for this job. Outside Pennsylvania, Longview and Kingston pay just above Philadelphia-Camden and Memphis and Buffalo-Cheektowaga just below. All four are within $190 a year of the median in Philadelphia-Camden. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, two pay more.

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