Word Processors and Typists · SOC 43-9022

Word Processors and Typists Salary in the Cincinnati Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area

Figures describe the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Cincinnati city limits.

Median annual wage$55,660
Median hourly wage$26.76

Word Processors and Typists in the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN metro area earned a median of $55,660 per year ($26.76 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,040 at the 10th percentile to $59,170 at the 90th. BLS estimates 110 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Word Processors and Typists in the Cincinnati metro area earn more than $55,660 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,670 and $55,660.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$40,040$48,670$55,660$55,660$59,170
Hourly$19.25$23.40$26.76$26.76$28.45

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.

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How this area compares

  • Cincinnati metro areathis metro area
    $55,660 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $48,670 to $55,660
  • Ohiostate (OH)
    $48,670 median for Ohio; middle half earns $35,140 to $55,660
  • $49,280 median for United States; middle half earns $40,800 to $57,670

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +14% vs Ohio overall and +13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$28,940$45,770$62,600$79,430San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $28,940Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $31,450Jefferson City, MO — $35,030Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $35,170Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,770Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $37,060Jacksonville, FL — $37,430St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,440Glens Falls, NY — $37,650Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $37,710Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $39,050Binghamton, NY — $39,080Elmira, NY — $39,200Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $39,500Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $39,520Mayaguez, PR — $39,580Urban Honolulu, HI — $40,060Pittsburgh, PA — $40,550Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $40,630Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $40,740Aguadilla, PR — $41,320Ponce, PR — $41,390Arecibo, PR — $42,180Utica-Rome, NY — $42,620Green Bay, WI — $42,770Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $42,890Vineland, NJ — $43,120Rochester, NY — $43,510Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $44,720Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $45,100Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,650Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $45,810Cleveland, OH — $45,850Syracuse, NY — $46,220Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $46,300Richmond, VA — $46,320Reading, PA — $46,540Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $46,550Ithaca, NY — $46,810Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,040Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $47,060Omaha, NE-IA — $47,080Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $47,110Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,250Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,740Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,860Kingston, NY — $47,920San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,070Stockton-Lodi, CA — $48,080Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $48,310Merced, CA — $48,490Modesto, CA — $48,710Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,720Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,910Fresno, CA — $49,070Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $49,180Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $49,280Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $49,950Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,470Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $51,550Clarksville, TN-KY — $51,670Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $51,750Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $52,000New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $52,290Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $52,370Madison, WI — $53,710Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $53,740Visalia, CA — $53,790Kansas City, MO-KS — $54,160Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $54,430Vallejo, CA — $55,140Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $55,660San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $57,320Salinas, CA — $57,590Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $57,670Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $57,820Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $58,150Ann Arbor, MI — $58,180Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $58,450Worcester, MA — $59,110San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $64,280San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $79,430

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The Cincinnati metro area has the 11th-highest published median for this occupation among the 82 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 Ohio

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for word processors and typists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Cincinnati metro areathis page
    $55,660 median for Cincinnati metro area; middle half earns $48,670 to $55,660
  • $54,430 median for Dayton metro area; middle half earns $46,930 to $57,160
  • $45,850 median for Cleveland metro area; middle half earns $34,110 to $50,520

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

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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.

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.