Data Entry Specialist salary in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Pay in Shreveport-Bossier City against Louisiana and the US

The middle half of data entry specialists in Shreveport-Bossier City earns $36,920–$36,920. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $36,920, only 1.2 times the bottom tenth, against 1.9 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($36,880) 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 $0 wide, against $8,830 across Louisiana and $12,650 nationally: employers in Shreveport-Bossier City 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 $0 a year in pay and about $0 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $0 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 above the 90th percentile in Shreveport-Bossier City, and the Louisiana statewide median of $36,920 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what nine in ten local data entry specialists earn.

What a hire really costs in Shreveport-Bossier City

At the $36,920 median, a local hire costs about $47,639 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $10,719 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 Shreveport-Bossier City

Of the 16 roles we track in Shreveport-Bossier City, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between medical administrative assistants ($37,500) and customer support specialists ($36,440). Project Coordinator is the highest at $79,890.

Measured against the US median, data entry specialists rank #4 of the 16 roles we track in Shreveport-Bossier City (-10.7%), between bookkeepers (-10.4%) and accountants (-15.8%). The typical role here is at -18.5%, so, measured against the US, data entry specialists cost more in Shreveport-Bossier City than the area's general pay level would suggest. Data entry specialists hold 2.6% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Shreveport-Bossier City, 1.1% across Louisiana and 0.8% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Louisiana

Across the 8 areas of Louisiana with data for this job, the median runs from $33,310 in Lake Charles to $40,550 in Lafayette, a gap of $7,240 a year. No other area in Louisiana has as many data entry specialists, and 5 of the other 7 pay less.

Shreveport-Bossier City against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Shreveport-Bossier City is #55 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 Louisiana, Ocala and Morristown pay just above Shreveport-Bossier City and Erie and Jacksonville just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in Shreveport-Bossier City. Of the three markets with about as many data entry specialists, all three pay more.

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