Pay distribution $36,640 10th $40,560 25th $54,240 75th $67,590 90th
Half of Data Entry Keyers in the Boulder metro area earn more than $49,920 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,560 and $54,240.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $36,640 $40,560 $49,920 $54,240 $67,590 Hourly $17.61 $19.50 $24.00 $26.08 $32.50
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Boulder metro areathis metro area
$49,920 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $40,560 to $54,240
$43,910 median for Colorado; middle half earns $37,960 to $54,240
$41,340 median for United States; middle half earns $35,760 to $48,410
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +14% vs Colorado overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,780 $33,357 $43,933 $54,510 Ponce, PR — $22,780 Aguadilla, PR — $23,120 Mayaguez, PR — $23,420 Arecibo, PR — $23,810 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,340 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,980 Laredo, TX — $30,360 El Paso, TX — $31,200 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,340 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $32,480 Texarkana, TX-AR — $32,610 Tuscaloosa, AL — $32,990 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $33,210 Lake Charles, LA — $33,310 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $33,400 Paducah, KY-IL — $33,500 Hattiesburg, MS — $33,610 Muncie, IN — $33,810 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $33,860 Wichita Falls, TX — $33,860 Beckley, WV — $33,950 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $34,160 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $34,240 Columbia, MO — $34,270 Corpus Christi, TX — $34,390 San Angelo, TX — $34,790 Logan, UT-ID — $34,850 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $34,860 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,890 Montgomery, AL — $34,930 Lebanon, PA — $35,090 Victoria, TX — $35,160 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,200 Mobile, AL — $35,270 Odessa, TX — $35,270 Tallahassee, FL — $35,280 Fayetteville, NC — $35,340 Kenosha, WI — $35,430 Monroe, LA — $35,580 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $35,580 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $35,600 Williamsport, PA — $35,640 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $35,790 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $35,830 Burlington, NC — $35,860 Saginaw, MI — $35,910 Lubbock, TX — $35,930 Abilene, TX — $35,990 Rocky Mount, NC — $36,000 Johnson City, TN — $36,110 Decatur, AL — $36,160 Morgantown, WV — $36,210 Columbia, SC — $36,230 Columbus, GA-AL — $36,240 Bloomington, IL — $36,260 Jackson, TN — $36,270 Canton-Massillon, OH — $36,300 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $36,410 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,410 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,540 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $36,550 Sherman-Denison, TX — $36,590 Lima, OH — $36,600 Lynchburg, VA — $36,600 Charleston, WV — $36,610 Gainesville, FL — $36,650 Topeka, KS — $36,760 Erie, PA — $36,840 Jacksonville, NC — $36,840 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $36,920 Morristown, TN — $36,990 Ocala, FL — $36,990 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $37,020 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $37,060 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,140 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,210 Sebring, FL — $37,340 Jackson, MS — $37,360 Akron, OH — $37,370 Reno, NV — $37,440 Jacksonville, FL — $37,510 Dover, DE — $37,600 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $37,600 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,640 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $37,640 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $37,670 Springfield, MO — $37,680 St. George, UT — $37,700 Pueblo, CO — $37,740 Johnstown, PA — $37,760 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,780 Amarillo, TX — $37,830 Jonesboro, AR — $37,830 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,890 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $37,920 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $37,940 Madison, WI — $37,980 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $37,990 Tyler, TX — $38,020 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,030 Sandusky, OH — $38,040 Homosassa Springs, FL — $38,160 Charlottesville, VA — $38,300 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $38,300 Birmingham, AL — $38,320 Vineland, NJ — $38,330 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $38,340 Albany, GA — $38,370 Evansville, IN — $38,370 Spartanburg, SC — $38,370 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $38,440 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,510 Greeley, CO — $38,560 Wichita, KS — $38,560 College Station-Bryan, TX — $38,610 Winston-Salem, NC — $38,640 Lancaster, PA — $38,660 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $38,660 Reading, PA — $38,680 Pittsburgh, PA — $38,710 Green Bay, WI — $38,760 Kankakee, IL — $38,790 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $38,880 Kansas City, MO-KS — $38,910 Utica-Rome, NY — $38,910 Binghamton, NY — $38,940 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $38,960 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $38,970 Knoxville, TN — $38,990 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $39,000 Wheeling, WV-OH — $39,000 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $39,080 Dalton, GA — $39,110 Winchester, VA-WV — $39,110 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,120 St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,130 Great Falls, MT — $39,140 Waco, TX — $39,220 Flint, MI — $39,340 Punta Gorda, FL — $39,350 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $39,400 Rochester, NY — $39,400 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $39,450 Toledo, OH — $39,460 Fort Wayne, IN — $39,480 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $39,490 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $39,520 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $39,520 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $39,520 Oklahoma City, OK — $39,540 Killeen-Temple, TX — $39,550 Baton Rouge, LA — $39,630 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $39,650 Wilmington, NC — $39,770 Ogden, UT — $39,800 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $39,840 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $39,910 Billings, MT — $40,000 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $40,140 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $40,160 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $40,210 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $40,210 Medford, OR — $40,220 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $40,240 Boise City, ID — $40,260 Iowa City, IA — $40,260 Richmond, VA — $40,270 Greenville, NC — $40,290 Peoria, IL — $40,330 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $40,360 Asheville, NC — $40,380 Springfield, MA — $40,390 Rockford, IL — $40,400 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $40,440 Traverse City, MI — $40,450 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $40,470 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $40,550 Lafayette, LA — $40,550 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $40,630 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,630 Anchorage, AK — $40,700 Tulsa, OK — $40,700 Ann Arbor, MI — $40,780 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $40,820 Appleton, WI — $40,890 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $40,910 Cleveland, OH — $40,990 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $41,090 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $41,270 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $41,280 Longview, TX — $41,310 Kingston, NY — $41,370 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $41,390 Lincoln, NE — $41,390 Gainesville, GA — $41,420 Eau Claire, WI — $41,480 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $41,530 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $41,560 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $41,580 Altoona, PA — $41,600 Colorado Springs, CO — $41,600 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $41,630 Chico, CA — $41,730 York-Hanover, PA — $41,740 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $41,800 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $41,820 Bend, OR — $41,850 El Centro, CA — $41,860 Huntsville, AL — $41,970 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $41,980 Idaho Falls, ID — $42,040 Tucson, AZ — $42,140 Roanoke, VA — $42,300 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $42,350 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $42,370 Omaha, NE-IA — $42,370 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,580 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $42,760 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $42,840 Syracuse, NY — $42,840 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $42,840 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $43,110 Mansfield, OH — $43,150 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $43,400 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $43,450 Fresno, CA — $43,490 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $43,500 Columbus, OH — $43,560 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $43,570 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $43,610 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $43,640 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $43,770 Savannah, GA — $43,880 Modesto, CA — $43,940 Visalia, CA — $44,060 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $44,130 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $44,160 Midland, TX — $44,190 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $44,200 Springfield, IL — $44,230 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $44,250 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $44,380 Redding, CA — $44,410 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,490 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $44,550 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,650 Merced, CA — $44,660 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $44,710 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $44,760 Flagstaff, AZ — $44,760 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $44,910 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $44,980 Ames, IA — $45,140 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $45,230 Salem, OR — $45,300 Cedar Rapids, IA — $45,330 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,350 Cheyenne, WY — $45,420 Salinas, CA — $45,510 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $45,520 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,620 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $45,630 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $45,760 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,770 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,780 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $45,780 Yuma, AZ — $45,890 Jackson, MI — $45,970 Worcester, MA — $46,040 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $46,210 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,320 Vallejo, CA — $46,400 Pittsfield, MA — $46,620 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $46,650 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $46,940 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,970 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $47,000 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,040 Twin Falls, ID — $47,170 Bangor, ME — $47,530 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,560 Urban Honolulu, HI — $47,630 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $47,640 St. Cloud, MN — $47,730 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $47,800 Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,020 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $48,350 Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,410 Napa, CA — $48,880 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $49,280 Helena, MT — $49,850 Boulder, CO — $49,920 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $51,250 New Haven, CT — $51,340 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $51,660 Bloomington, IN — $51,760 Bismarck, ND — $53,140 Albuquerque, NM — $53,320 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $54,510 Boulder metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Boulder metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 299 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Colorado Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for data entry keyers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Boulder metro areathis page
$49,920 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $40,560 to $54,240
$44,910 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $40,180 to $58,400
$43,640 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $37,960 to $56,030
$41,600 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $37,460 to $50,340
$38,560 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $32,940 to $49,920
$37,740 median for Pueblo metro area; middle half earns $32,250 to $50,180
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Customer Service Representatives $47,830 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $79,450 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $51,060 Office Clerks, General $59,840 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $57,330 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks $49,200 Highest-paying metro areas for data entry keyerss · Highest-paying occupations in Boulder Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .