Job Description: Data Entry Keyers use machines with keyboards and functions similar to those of computer terminals, typewriters, and ten-key adding machines to make data usable to a computer. Following routine instructions they read and key enter information from source materials such as canceled checks, utility bills, credit card bills, survey forms, and sales records into specific data fields. Data Entry Keyers may be also called key data operators.
Wages - Statewide:
To give you an idea of how much you might earn, we have given you the average hourly wages and average yearly wages for this career throughout California. Wages can vary greatly in different parts of the State.
Hourly Average Wages:
$
28,897
Yearly Average Wages:
$
28,897
Source: California Occupational Employment and Wage Data, 2008
Job Openings:
An average of 910 job openings will be available statewide per year. The number of openings includes both new jobs and replacement openings as workers leave the occupation.
Source: California Occupational Employment Projections 2004 - 2014
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