The current average salary of a data entry operator is $41,000 - 59,000 per annum
Overview
Data entry operators provide a variety of services related to the manual processing of information such as text or codes. The workforce has been fairly stable over the past five years and is expected to decrease slightly from 57, 700 in 2017 to 55, 000 by 2022. It is anticipated that 34, 000 job openings will be available over this period.
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Key skills
Data entry officers are skilled in clerical work. Depending on their job role they may perform tasks such as transcribe verbal information, proofread and correct copy, code data or maintain data storage systems.
- Strong computer literacy including the ability to navigate databases
- Attention to detail
- Create data backups
- Assist authorised co-workers to access information within the database or storage
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Good grammar, punctuation and numeracy skills.