Data Entry Specialist salary in Raleigh-Cary, NC

Pay in Raleigh-Cary against North Carolina and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Raleigh-Cary earns $38,360–$51,990. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $52,920, only 1.6 times the bottom tenth, against 1.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($44,650) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $13,630 wide, wider than in North Carolina as a whole ($11,410) and the US ($12,650), so what a data entry specialist earns in Raleigh-Cary depends more on the employer.

What to budget for a data entry specialist here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $6,370 a year in pay and about $8,219 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $7,260 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 25th percentile and the median in Raleigh-Cary, and the North Carolina statewide median of $39,610 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Raleigh-Cary

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 $13,245 to the $45,620 median and brings it to $58,865 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 Raleigh-Cary

Of the 17 roles we track in Raleigh-Cary, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($46,600) and customer support specialists ($41,900). Project Coordinator is the highest at $102,280.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Raleigh-Cary (+10.4%); payroll specialists come last (-7.1%). The typical role here is at -2.0%, so, measured against the US, data entry specialists cost more in Raleigh-Cary than the area's general pay level would suggest. Data entry specialists hold 0.6% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Raleigh-Cary, 0.6% across North Carolina and 0.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in North Carolina

Across the 17 areas of North Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $35,340 in Fayetteville to $45,620 in Raleigh-Cary, a gap of $10,280 a year. The one area in North Carolina with more data entry specialists, Charlotte-Concord, NC-SC ($41,630), pays less: a bigger pool at a lower median.

Raleigh-Cary against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Raleigh-Cary is #43 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 North Carolina, Oshkosh-Neenah and Norwich-New London pay just above Raleigh-Cary and Waterloo-Cedar Falls and Salinas just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Raleigh-Cary. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, none pays as much.

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