Data Entry Specialist salary in Seattle-Tacoma, WA

Pay in Seattle-Tacoma against Washington and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Seattle-Tacoma earns $42,870–$58,910. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $65,220, only 1.7 times the bottom tenth, against 1.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($51,150) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $16,040 wide, between the figure for Washington ($16,820) and the US figure ($12,650).

What to budget for a data entry specialist here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $11,910 over the median, the 25th only $4,130 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $15,368 a year in employer cost. 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 Seattle-Tacoma, and the Washington statewide median of $47,480 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 Seattle-Tacoma

At the $47,000 median, a local hire costs about $60,645 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,645 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 Seattle-Tacoma

Of the 17 roles we track in Seattle-Tacoma, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($49,380) and virtual receptionists ($45,820). Project Coordinator is the highest at $130,380.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #15 of the 17 roles we track in Seattle-Tacoma (+13.7%), between payroll specialists (+14.4%) and e-commerce order specialists (+7.0%). The typical role here is at +19.4%, so, measured against the US, data entry specialists cost less in Seattle-Tacoma than the area's general pay level would suggest. Data entry specialists hold 0.4% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in Seattle-Tacoma, 0.4% across Washington and 0.8% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Washington

Across the 6 areas of Washington with data for this job, the median runs from $41,980 in Kennewick-Richland to $53,040 in the Western Washington nonmetro area, a gap of $11,060 a year. No other area in Washington has as many data entry specialists, and 3 of the other 5 pay less.

Seattle-Tacoma against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Seattle-Tacoma is #33 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 Washington, Los Angeles-Long Beach and Twin Falls pay just above Seattle-Tacoma and Sacramento-Roseville and Crestview-Fort Walton Beach just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Seattle-Tacoma. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, one pays more.

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