The Average Salary of an Indexer
Indexers work in various capacities, mostly in healthcare, library and educational environments. Essentially acting as archivists, indexers organize collections of data -- including historical archives and other records -- into easy-to-navigate indexes for public and professional access. Because indexers work in numerous fields, it is difficult to come up with an “average” salary. However, earnings examples help paint a picture of the sort of earnings professional indexers can expect.
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Yearly Salary
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Based on samplings from 10 United States cities, the online income database Salary Expert estimated the average salary of an indexer in 2011 at about $22,904 per year. Based on a sampling of 32 indexer salaries from across the country, 2011 data from similar salary database GlassDoor placed the average high-end earnings for indexers in the $40,000 range.
Hourly Rate
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GlassDoor reported quite a large range for the hourly wage of an indexer, as of 2011. For instance, an indexer at Dynamic Recruitment Solutions -- a gas and oil technology company -- reported earnings of up to $19 per hour. In the same year, an indexer at Image API -- provider of government processing services -- pulled in an hourly wage of only about $10.
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Location Variations
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Location exerts substantial influence on the salary of an indexer. For example, Salary Expert reported an average annual wage of $19,630 for indexers in Charlotte, North Carolina. This number increased to $25,800 for indexers in the more metropolitan New York City. At the mid-range, indexers in Chicago, Illinois, were reported to have average salaries of $23,583 in 2011.
Industry Variations
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According to GlassDoor, a document indexer in the healthcare industry was reported to have yearly earnings of only $22,000 in 2011, a figure similar to reports from Simply Hired, which placed average medical indexer salaries at $20,000 that same year. However, indexers in the pharmaceutical sector of the industry earned as much as $49,000 yearly as of 2011. Similarly, data on indexers in Seattle, Washington, showed average annual salaries of $20,000 in 2011, according to employment website Indeed. The same source reported earnings of only $18,000 per year for document image prep indexers in Miramar, Florida, for the same year.
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