Data Entry Keyers

Imminent Risk
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
100%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
91%
(Imminent Risk, Based on 356 votes)
Average: 95%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
-25.0%
by year 2033
WAGES
$37,790
or $18.17 per hour
Volume
154,230
as of 2023
SUMMARY
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JOB SCORE
1.3/10
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Job Score (higher is better):

We rate jobs using four factors. These are:

- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions

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Calculated automation risk

100% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

91% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's very probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 100% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Data Entry Keyers will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?

Sentiment

The following graph is shown where there are enough votes to produce meaningful data. It displays user poll results over time, providing a clear indication of sentiment trends.

Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Very slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Data Entry Keyers' job openings is expected to decline 25.0% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2023 and 2033
Updated projections are due 09-2025.

Wages

Very low paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Data Entry Keyers' was $37,790, or $18 per hour

'Data Entry Keyers' were paid 21.4% lower than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Greater range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 154,230 people employed as 'Data Entry Keyers' within the United States.

This represents around 0.10% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 984 people are employed as 'Data Entry Keyers'.

Job description

Operate data entry device, such as keyboard or photo composing perforator. Duties may include verifying data and preparing materials for printing.

SOC Code: 43-9021.00

Comments (12)

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shosh (Highly likely)
19 Oct 2025 15:01
Hell yeah! AI gonna take over data entry jobs, it's just doing the same thing over and over.
AC
27 Jun 2025 17:48
It's literally already replaced.
ac (Highly likely)
19 May 2025 19:03
AI can just do this faster in just seconds
Hunter
30 Oct 2023 16:50
depends, if ai can do invoices from humans speaking and also make decisions on the spot, then yes but what if you don't have the internet for a day or week and say a data entry specialist can form your invoices, payroll, client payments on paper. it really depends. if wages get pushed lower it could also make more sense to hire data entry more than use and upkept AI. but lower wages aren't necessary people like. time will tell.
Jake (Highly likely)
19 Jun 2023 16:57
The only difficult portion to automate is circumvented through low level scripting
Sairaj (Highly likely)
25 May 2022 07:56
Yes, AI will replace data entry jobs because these kinds of jobs are very simple to do. Even a fresher can also do this.
Omae Wa Mo Shinderu
30 Jul 2020 19:46
This job is already automated using software. There are already scripts that can key in data for you and anyone that does not use these programs to enter data is losing money.
chatgpt
08 May 2023 19:44
this is barely a job.
Owen G
18 Jun 2020 04:37
Noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! my dream job
CZ16815 (Highly likely)
06 Mar 2020 13:22
The year is 2028 we've already taken over this stuff
E (Highly likely)
13 Nov 2019 10:25
this is a basic and repetitive job
Owen G
23 Jun 2020 04:28
noo it isn't!!!! (òvó)
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