The Salary of a Data Processing Technician
No matter what their business type, most companies require workers with data processing skills. Those with large amounts of data, such as client information, medical records, financial reports or membership lists may employ data processing technicians to enter the data in computers, reformat existing data and edit existing data to ensure it stays current.
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Salary
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The average salary of a data processing technician in the United States was $28,400 as of May 2010, reports the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wages began at less than $18,990 in the 10th percentile and exceeded $39,800 a year in the 90th percentile, and the median income was $27,450.
Industry or Employer
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The largest industry for data processing technicians was employment services, where the bureau reports a salary average of $27,000 as of 2010. Data processing technicians working in the industry of data processing, hosting and related services earned an average of $25,970 a year, while those working in accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services earned an average of $28,200. Elementary and secondary schools employed data processing technicians and offered a salary average of $29,350 a year, and the management of companies and enterprises offered an average of $29,300. Medical and diagnostic laboratories paid data processing technicians an annual average salary of $28,710, and electronic shopping and mail-order houses offered an average of $26,860.
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Location
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Utah had the highest concentration of jobs for data processing technicians as of 2010, offering a salary average of $27,740 a year. The bureau names the District of Columbia as the highest paying for this occupation, with a salary average of $39,000, followed by Connecticut and Alaska with salaries of over $33,000 annually. The highest paying urban area in the nation for data processing technicians was Danbury, Connecticut, with a salary average of $40,680, and coastal Oregon was the highest paying rural area, with an average of $34,100.
Outlook
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The bureau expects the employment rate of data processing technicians to "decline moderately" between 2008 and 2018. This decline is attributed to both improvements in data processing technology and the fact that data processing duties are commonly becoming the responsibility of other types of workers, with the exception of highly detailed work.
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