Data Entry Specialist salary in Sacramento-Roseville, CA

Pay in Sacramento-Roseville against California and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Sacramento-Roseville earns $41,970–$52,470. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $55,440, only 1.6 times the bottom tenth, against 1.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($46,780) 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 only $10,500 wide, against $12,660 across California and $12,650 nationally: employers in Sacramento-Roseville pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a data entry specialist here

The step from the 25th percentile to the median is $5,000 a year; from the median to the 75th it is $5,500, or about $7,097 once benefits are added. 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Sacramento-Roseville, and the California statewide median of $47,010 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local data entry specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in Sacramento-Roseville

At the $46,970 median, a local hire costs about $60,606 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,636 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 Sacramento-Roseville

Of the 17 roles we track in Sacramento-Roseville, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($47,480) and virtual receptionists ($45,140). Project Coordinator is the highest at $124,350.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #8 of the 17 roles we track in Sacramento-Roseville (+13.6%), between executive assistants (+14.8%) and payroll specialists (+13.0%). The typical role here is at +13.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Data entry specialists hold 1.0% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Sacramento-Roseville, 0.9% across California and 0.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in California

Across the 25 areas of California with data for this job, the median runs from $39,520 in Santa Maria-Santa Barbara to $54,510 in San Jose-Sunnyvale, a gap of $14,990 a year. Of the 4 areas in California with more data entry specialists than Sacramento-Roseville, 2 pay less: Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ($46,210) and San Diego-Chula Vista, CA ($43,770).

Sacramento-Roseville against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Sacramento-Roseville is #20 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 California, Seattle-Tacoma and Twin Falls pay just above Sacramento-Roseville and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach and Spokane-Spokane Valley just below. All four are within $320 a year of the median in Sacramento-Roseville. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, none pays as much.

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