Editing Data entry clerk (section)

==Job requirements, security, and pay==
Accuracy is usually more important than speed, because detection and correction of errors can be very time-consuming.<ref name=Speed.v.Accuracy>{{cite web |quote=Accuracy is more important than speed |url=https://www.creighton.edu/fileadmin/user/doit/docs/banner/Data_Entry_rules.pdf |title=Data Entry Rules |website=Creighton.edu |access-date=2018-08-10 |archive-date=2012-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729101608/https://www.creighton.edu/fileadmin/user/doit/docs/banner/Data_Entry_rules.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Staying focused and speed are also required.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Accuracy and speed feedback: Global and local effects |journal=Experimental Aging Research |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=332–356 |author=D.R. Touron |date=2014|pmc=4009509 |pmid=24785594 |doi=10.1080/0361073X.2014.897150}}</ref><ref name="OCR.OMR"/>

The job is usually [[Working class|low-skilled]], so veteran staff are often employed on a [[temporary work|temporary basis]] after a large survey or census has been completed. However, most companies handling large amounts of data on a regular basis will spread the contracts and workload across the year and will hire [[Part-time job|part-time]].

The role of data entry clerks working with physical hand-written documents is on the decline in the developed world, because employees within a company frequently enter their own data, as it is collected now, instead of having a different employee do this task.  An example of this is an [[Operator (profession)|operator]] working in a [[call center]] or a [[cashier]] in a shop. Cost is another reason for the decline. Data entry is labor-intensive for large batches and therefore expensive, so large companies will sometimes outsource the work, either locally or to third-world countries where there is no shortage of cheaper unskilled labor.<ref>{{cite web |quote=Many think outsourcing is something that happens overseas, but ... the new trend in outsourcing is local, not overseas. |url=https://timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2018/07/06/the-new-trend-in-outsourcing-is-local-not-overseas |title=Opinion: The New Trend in Outsourcing Is Local, Not Overseas |author=Jennifer Barnes |date=July 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>There is another term, Off-shoring: this is not the same as outsourcing</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Outsourcing - the emerging trend |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2247620/saas/outsourcing-the-emerging-trend.htm |date=August 25, 2009l }}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

{{Asof|2016}}, the median pay was between $19,396 and $34,990 in the United States.<ref name="Data Entry Qualifications"/>

{{Asof|2018}}, ''The New York Times'' was still carrying ads for the job title ''Data Entry Clerk''.<ref>{{cite web|website=jobs.NYTimes.com|date=October 19, 2018|url=https://jobs.nytimes.com/Job/55531515/data-entry-clerk-job-in-highland-park-il|title=Data Entry Clerk ...}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://jobs.nytimes.com/Jobs/data-entry-clerk-jobs-in-norristown-pa?source=5%26countryId=3 |title=Data Entry Clerk jobs in ...}}</ref>