Data Entry Keyers · SOC 43-9021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Data Entry Keyerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for data entry keyers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 299 metro areas

Data Entry Keyers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$54,510	720	0.6
2	Albuquerque, NM	$53,320	220	0.5
3	Bismarck, ND	$53,140	30	0.5
4	Bloomington, IN	$51,760	230	3.2
5	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$51,660	140	1.1
6	New Haven, CT	$51,340	140	0.5
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$51,250	1,410	0.6
8	Boulder, CO	$49,920	90	0.5
9	Helena, MT	$49,850	90	2.0
10	Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	$49,280	60	0.7
11	Napa, CA	$48,880	60	0.8
12	Portland-South Portland, ME	$48,410	60	0.2
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$48,350	160	0.8
14	Port St. Lucie, FL	$48,020	100	0.6
15	Naples-Marco Island, FL	$47,800	140	0.8
16	St. Cloud, MN	$47,730	50	0.5
17	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$47,640	1,460	0.5
18	Urban Honolulu, HI	$47,630	160	0.4
19	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$47,560	1,580	1.9
20	Bangor, ME	$47,530	30	0.4
21	Twin Falls, ID	$47,170	40	0.8
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$47,040	5,900	0.9
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$47,000	760	0.4
24	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$46,970	970	0.9
25	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	$46,940	60	0.5

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Data Entry Keyers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.