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This question is about data entry specialist demographics.
74.1% of data entry specialists are female in the United States. This is 1.5 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female data entry specialists has decreased by -5.0 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 105,401 female data entry specialists in the U.S. and 36,841 male data entry specialists in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 142,242 people with the specific job title of data entry specialist and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Data Entry Specialists | Male Data Entry Specialists | Percentage Female Data Entry Specialists | Percentage Male Data Entry Specialists | |
| 2019 | 1,412 | 494 | 74.1% | 25.9% | |
| 2018 | 1,526 | 576 | 72.6% | 27.4% | |
| 2017 | 1,647 | 609 | 73.0% | 27.0% | |
| 2016 | 1,645 | 607 | 73.1% | 26.9% | |
| 2015 | 1,757 | 632 | 73.5% | 26.5% | |
| 2014 | 1,735 | 570 | 75.2% | 24.8% | |
| 2013 | 1,846 | 585 | 75.9% | 24.1% | |
| 2012 | 1,962 | 616 | 76.1% | 23.9% | |
| 2011 | 1,942 | 568 | 77.4% | 22.6% | |
| 2010 | 2,044 | 541 | 79.1% | 20.9% |

Additionally, female data entry specialists tend to be older than male data entry specialists. The average age of a female data entry specialist is 45.2, while the average age of a male data entry specialist is 37.5.
While the majority of U.S. data entry specialists 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 specialist 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 specialists. The average male data entry specialist earns an average annual salary of $31,218, while the average female data entry specialist earns an average annual income of $30,923, meaning female data entry specialists make 99 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are data entry specialists jobs male or female dominated?
Data Entry Specialist jobs are female dominated. 74.1% of data entry specialists are female and 25.900000000000006% of data entry specialists are male in the United States.
How has the number of female data entry specialists changed over time?
The number of female data entry specialists has decreased by -5.0% since 2010. In 2010, there were 79.1% female data entry specialists and the latest data shows that there are 74.1% female data entry specialists in the U.S.

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