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This question is about data entry clerk demographics.
78.5% of data entry clerks are female in the United States. This is 1.3 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female data entry clerks has decreased by -4.4 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 119,040 female data entry clerks in the U.S. and 32,604 male data entry clerks in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 151,644 people with the specific job title of data entry clerk and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Data Entry Clerks | Male Data Entry Clerks | Percentage Female Data Entry Clerks | Percentage Male Data Entry Clerks | |
| 2019 | 1,496 | 410 | 78.5% | 21.5% | |
| 2018 | 1,623 | 479 | 77.2% | 22.8% | |
| 2017 | 1,749 | 507 | 77.5% | 22.5% | |
| 2016 | 1,748 | 504 | 77.6% | 22.4% | |
| 2015 | 1,864 | 525 | 78.0% | 22.0% | |
| 2014 | 1,833 | 472 | 79.5% | 20.5% | |
| 2013 | 1,947 | 484 | 80.1% | 19.9% | |
| 2012 | 2,069 | 509 | 80.3% | 19.7% | |
| 2011 | 2,042 | 468 | 81.4% | 18.6% | |
| 2010 | 2,142 | 443 | 82.8% | 17.2% |

Additionally, female data entry clerks tend to be older than male data entry clerks. The average age of a female data entry clerk is 45.2, while the average age of a male data entry clerk is 37.5.
While the majority of U.S. data entry clerks are female in 2022, there are still some occupations where males dominate. For example, 80% of mainframe operator are male. On the other hand, some data entry clerk jobs are dominated by females. 89% of key punch operator, for instance, are female.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among data entry clerks. The average male data entry clerk earns an average annual salary of $30,061, while the average female data entry clerk earns an average annual income of $29,834, meaning female data entry clerks make 99 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are data entry clerks jobs male or female dominated?
Data Entry Clerk jobs are female dominated. 78.5% of data entry clerks are female and 21.5% of data entry clerks are male in the United States.
How has the number of female data entry clerks changed over time?
The number of female data entry clerks has decreased by -4.4% since 2010. In 2010, there were 82.8% female data entry clerks and the latest data shows that there are 78.5% female data entry clerks in the U.S.

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