Data Entry Keyers
Operate data entry device, such as keyboard or photo composing perforator. Duties may include verifying data and preparing materials for printing.
Tasks Include:
- Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners.
- Compile, sort and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered.
- Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.
- Store completed documents in appropriate locations.
- Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.
- Maintain logs of activities and completed work.
- Select materials needed to complete work assignments.
- Load machines with required input or output media such as paper, cards, disks, tape or Braille media.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection.
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: - 3.4%
National: - 6.8%
Education
High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Mid Range ($28,000 - $35,999)
Average Earnings:
National
$28,400.00
State
$29,710.00
Regional
Data Entry Keyers
Description
| Career Cluster: | Business, Management & Administration
|
Operate data entry device, such as keyboard or photo composing perforator. Duties may include verifying data and preparing materials for printing.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Education
Required Level of Education
- High School Diploma (or GED or High School Equivalence Certificate) = 77.35%
- Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades) = 9.78%
- Some College Courses = 9.23%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 2.62%
- Bachelor's Degree = 0.67%
- Less than a High School Diploma = 0.35%
Related Work Experience
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 43.87%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 19.22%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 18.22%
- None = 14.38%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.72%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 0.44%
- Up to and including 1 month = 0.14%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 36.32%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 27.68%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 15.92%
- None = 12.98%
- Up to and including 1 month = 6.96%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.14%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 53.69%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 28.69%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 9.08%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 7.15%
- None or short demonstration = 1.26%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.14%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- Read source documents such as canceled checks, sales reports, or bills, and enter data in specific data fields or onto tapes or disks for subsequent entry, using keyboards or scanners.
- Compile, sort and verify the accuracy of data before it is entered.
- Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.
- Store completed documents in appropriate locations.
- Locate and correct data entry errors, or report them to supervisors.
- Maintain logs of activities and completed work.
- Select materials needed to complete work assignments.
- Load machines with required input or output media such as paper, cards, disks, tape or Braille media.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Resolve garbled or indecipherable messages, using cryptographic procedures and equipment.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Knowledge
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 83.50 | Clerical | Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology. |
| 82.25 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
| 67.75 | English Language | Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. |
| 61.50 | Computers and Electronics | Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. |
| 60.00 | Administration and Management | Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
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Skills
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 68.75 | Reading Comprehension | Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents. |
| 65.50 | Monitoring | Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. |
| 62.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
| 59.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
| 56.25 | Writing | Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. |
| 53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
| 53.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Abilities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 81.25 | Written Comprehension | The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. |
| 81.25 | Finger Dexterity | The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects. |
| 72.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
| 68.75 | Perceptual Speed | The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object. |
| 65.75 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
| 65.75 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
| 65.75 | Information Ordering | The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations). |
| 62.50 | Written Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
| 62.50 | Selective Attention | The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted. |
| 59.50 | Problem Sensitivity | The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem. |
| 59.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
| 59.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
| 56.25 | Flexibility of Closure | The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material. |
| 56.25 | Category Flexibility | The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways. |
| 53.25 | Wrist-Finger Speed | The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists. |
| 53.25 | Deductive Reasoning | The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense. |
| 50.00 | Far Vision | The ability to see details at a distance. |
| 50.00 | Inductive Reasoning | The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events). |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Work Activities
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 94.50 | Interacting With Computers | Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. |
| 93.00 | Getting Information | Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. |
| 89.75 | Documenting/Recording Information | Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form. |
| 87.00 | Processing Information | Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data. |
| 80.75 | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates | Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. |
| 73.25 | Analyzing Data or Information | Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts. |
| 70.75 | Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events | Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events. |
| 67.75 | Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings | Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems. |
| 64.25 | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work | Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. |
| 56.75 | Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards | Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards. |
| 56.25 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
| 55.75 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
| 52.50 | Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge | Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Work Styles
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 92.50 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
| 88.50 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
| 88.25 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
| 82.25 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
| 79.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
| 77.25 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
| 77.00 | Self Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
| 75.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
| 75.50 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
| 74.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
| 71.50 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations. |
| 66.75 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
| 65.75 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
| 65.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
| 58.25 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
| 55.50 | Innovation | Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Work Values
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 55.50 | Support | Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Work Context
| % | Subject | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 93.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
| 92.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
| 91.20 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
| 90.20 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
| 86.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
| 85.60 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
| 83.60 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
| 82.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
| 77.40 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
| 75.20 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
| 73.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
| 73.00 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
| 71.40 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
| 70.60 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
| 69.80 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | How do the decisions an employee makes impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company? |
| 67.60 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
| 67.00 | Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | How much does this job require using your hands to handle, control, or feel objects, tools or controls? |
| 66.80 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
| 66.00 | Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | How much does this job require making repetitive motions? |
| 63.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
| 63.60 | Degree of Automation | How automated is the job? |
| 63.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
| 57.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
| 56.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
| 53.40 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
| 52.40 | Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body | How much does this job require bending or twisting your body? |
| 51.60 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
| 51.40 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
| 50.60 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
Data Entry Keyers
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include sheet metal workers, forest fire fighters, customer service representatives, physical therapist aides, salespersons (retail), and tellers.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
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Earnings Benefits
| Region | Entry Level | Average | Experienced |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | $19,280.00 | $29,010.00 | $41,110.00 |
| Virginia | $18,890.00 | $29,710.00 | $43,980.00 |
| Region | Entry Level | Average | Experienced |
| Bay Consortium | $20,325.81 | $26,333.34 | $35,346.15 |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | $19,846.27 | $29,226.86 | $42,147.15 |
| Central VA/Region2000 | $16,680.45 | $21,956.47 | $29,787.69 |
| Crater Area | $17,521.69 | $27,730.32 | $40,737.98 |
| Greater Peninsula | $20,429.44 | $28,134.68 | $37,833.28 |
| Hampton Roads | $17,928.09 | $26,900.26 | $37,894.24 |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | $17,246.36 | $21,233.09 | $29,580.43 |
| Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | $20,403.03 | $30,942.86 | $44,597.71 |
| Piedmont Workforce | $20,527.99 | $29,990.88 | $39,182.51 |
| Shenandoah Valley | $18,242.02 | $26,981.53 | $37,479.72 |
| South Central | $20,372.55 | $32,973.82 | $46,496.59 |
| Southwestern Virginia | $15,901.19 | $20,239.45 | $29,133.39 |
| West Piedmont | $18,228.82 | $25,591.67 | $33,661.64 |
| Western Virginia | $21,243.25 | $27,450.92 | $33,385.29 |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection.
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Employment Projections
| National | 2010 | 2020 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 234,700 | 218,800 | - 6.8% |
| State | 2008 | 2018 | % Change |
| Virginia | 6,357 | 6,144 | - 3.4% |
| Region | 2008 | 2018 | % Change |
| Bay Consortium | 133 | 130 | - 2.3% |
| Capital Region Workforce Partnership | 1,261 | 1,210 | - 4.0% |
| Central VA/Region2000 | 135 | 120 | - 11.1% |
| Crater Area | 35 | 32 | - 8.6% |
| Greater Peninsula | 350 | 336 | - 4.0% |
| Hampton Roads | 1,138 | 1,054 | - 7.4% |
| New River/Mt. Rogers | 68 | 58 | - 14.7% |
| Northern Virginia and Alexandria/Arlington | 1,856 | 1,878 | + 1.2% |
| Piedmont Workforce | 114 | 107 | - 6.1% |
| Shenandoah Valley | 375 | 368 | - 1.9% |
| South Central | 22 | 21 | - 4.5% |
| Southwestern Virginia | 80 | 86 | + 7.5% |
| West Piedmont | 43 | 36 | - 16.3% |
| Western Virginia | 581 | 584 | + 0.5% |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: Virginia Workforce Connection.
Data Entry Keyers
Related Occupations
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Careers in Administrative and Information Support Pathway:
- Court Reporters
- Public Relations Specialists
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- Telephone Operators
- Correspondence Clerks
- File Clerks
- Library Assistants, Clerical
- New Accounts Clerks
- Receptionists and Information Clerks
- Couriers and Messengers
- Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
- Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Legal Secretaries
- Medical Secretaries
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
- Computer Operators
- Data Entry Keyers
- Word Processors and Typists
- Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
- Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
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The data sources for the information displayed here include: New York State Department of Labor; New Jersey Department of Labor; California Occupational Information Coordinating Committee.
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™ 16.0.
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Titles
- Adjusto-Writer Operator
- Administrative Assistant
- Audograph Operator
- Automatic Operator
- Billing Clerk
- Braille Operator
- Braille Typist
- Card Puncher
- Card Punching Machine Operator
- Check Processor
- Claims Support Specialist
- Cold Type Composing Machine Operator
- Commission Specialist
- Compugraph Operator
- Computer Aide
- Computer Clerk
- Computer Terminal Operator
- Computer Typesetter
- Cryptographic Clerk
- Cryptographic Machine Operator
- Customer Service Representative
- Customs Entry Clerk
- Data Capture Clerk
- Data Capture Specialist
- Data Coder Operator
- Data Entry Clerk
- Data Entry Machine Operator
- Data Entry Operator
- Data Entry Specialist
- Data Entry Technician
- Data Input Clerk
- Data Keyer
- Data Processing Clerk
- Data Processor
- Data Typist
- Electronic Typesetting Machine Operator
- Encoder
- Encoding Clerk
- Factory Machine Computer Operator
- Fiscal Assistant
- Flex O Writer Operator
- Key Punch Operator
- Keying Machine Operator
- Keypunch Operator
- Keypuncher
- KST Operator (Key Station Terminal Operator)
- Linecasting Machine Keyboard Operator
- Machine Clerical Verifier
- Magnetic Tape Composer Operator
- Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter Operator (MTST Operator)
- Magnetic Tape Typewriter Operator
- Mail List Processor
- Micro Computer Data Processor
- Multiplex Operator
- Office Machine Punch Operator
- Perforator Typist
- Personal Computer Specialist (PC Specialist)
- Photocomposing Keyboard Operator
- Photocomposing Perforator Machine Operator
- Photocomposition Keyboard Operator
- Planograph Operator
- Production Machine Computer Operator
- Punch Card Operator
- Records Clerk
- Remote Computer Terminal Operator
- Robotype Operator
- Simplex Operator
- Strike On Machine Operator
- Teleprinter
- Teletype Clerk
- Teletype Operator
- Teletype or Varitype Keyboard Operator
- Teletypewriter Operator
- Teletypist
- Terminal Computer Operator
- Terminal Make Up Operator
- Terminal System Operator
- Traffic Assistant
- TWX Operator (Teletype Writer Exchange Operator)
- Typesetter-Perforator Operator
- Typist
- Underwriting Support Specialist
- Varitype Operator
- Varitypist
- Verifier Operator
- Verifying Machine Operator
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Related Schools
- CET-Alexandria
- Potomac College-Herndon