Data Entry Clerk
⌨️Transfers information from paper forms, scans and spreadsheets into computer systems: applications, invoices, orders. Speed and accuracy are everything.
Prospects & pay
What the work is like
💼 Job market
🇺🇸 $45.1k a year on average · -25.5% jobs by 2035 · 7,700 openings a year
Data entry keyers — US: Census ACS 2020–24 (full-time), BLS projections 2025–35
🇬🇧 £28.3k median a year · 12,000 jobs
Data entry administrators — UK: ONS ASHE 2025 (full-time)
🤖 AI & automation
AI already reads documents better and faster than people. The job is disappearing in the next few years; only checking disputed cases remains.
Who it suits
Interests: 🗂️ Order, paperwork, systems, 💻 Coding and digital.
Key strengths: attention to detail, organisation.
Where to study
- Course Typing and office software courses
- Vocational Business administration college course / apprenticeship
Key school subjects (A-level / IB / AP): English Literature, Computer Science.
🧗 No special training needed: school plus solid office-software skills. The job is vanishing fast, so it is not one to build a career on.
Things to know
🪑 Sitting at a computer all day
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