SOC 43-9021 · Office and Administrative Support Occupations · May 2025

How much do Data Entry Keyers make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Data Entry Keyers in Albuquerque, NM is $53,320. The 10th percentile is $39,200 and the 90th percentile is $53,410. Employment is 220.

Median annual wage

$53,320

10th percentile
$39,200
25th percentile
$42,680
Median
$53,320
75th percentile
$53,410
90th percentile
$53,410
Mean
$49,670

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A transit bus driver standing beside a bus at a rest stop in Denali
Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Data Entry Keyers, the published 10th percentile is $39,200 and the 90th percentile is $53,410. The difference is $14,210, which is 26.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $42,680 to the 75th at $53,410, covers $10,730.

The mean annual wage is $49,670, which sits below the median of $53,320. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 29% higher than the national median of $41,340 for Data Entry Keyers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $55,806, which is 35% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 7% higher than the New Mexico median of $49,810.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $53,320 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Data Entry Keyers at $55,806 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Data Entry Keyers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Data Entry Keyers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (220 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.08% of employment (127,080 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.67 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Albuquerque, NM · Data Entry Keyers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Data Entry Keyers make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Data Entry Keyers in Albuquerque, NM is $53,320. The 10th percentile is $39,200 and the 90th percentile is $53,410. Employment is 220.

How does that compare with the national median for Data Entry Keyers?

The local median is 29% higher than the national median of $41,340.

What is Data Entry Keyers pay in Albuquerque, NM after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $53,320 is $55,806. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.