Data Entry Keyers in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,172
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$6,638
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,997
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$38,810
Kept after tax
$32,172
Worth in national money
$32,997
State rank
35
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for data entry keyers is on the low side in Pennsylvania. The middle earner gets $38,810. That is 35 of 49 states, and about 6.12% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 492 occupations Pennsylvania publishes, data entry keyers lands at 424. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $38,810, tax leaves $32,172, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $32,997 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $40,480, since top earners drag the number up.
- For data entry keyers, Pennsylvania sits in the lower band at $38,810, ranking 35 of 49 and trailing the national median by about 6.12%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Pennsylvania, this work ranks 424 of 492 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Pennsylvania sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for data entry keyers — median $38,810 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $32,172 retained, $32,997 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $40,480 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Data Entry Keyers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $51,710 |
| This salary | $38,810 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Pennsylvania | $32,172 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,364 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,336 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $37,327 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$1,616 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,810 as a midpoint for Pennsylvania, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $29,740 and the ninetieth is $51,710 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $32,172 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $38,810. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 424 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $32,997, the adjusted value of that $38,810 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 424 of 492 in the state.
- The Pennsylvania median of $38,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $29,740 to $51,710. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $32,172, from $38,810, assumes a single Pennsylvania filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 424 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $32,997 — the adjusted value of that $38,810 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 424 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $40,480, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $29,740 at the tenth percentile, $51,710 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $32,997.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Pennsylvania adds its own income tax on top — which is why $32,172 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Pennsylvania is $40,480. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($29,740 to $51,710) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Pennsylvania rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Pennsylvania's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $32,997 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $32,172 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.