Word Processors and Typists Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Word Processors and Typists positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$47,850
National average
Salary Range
$35,300 – $64,370
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Word Processors and Typists Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $61,190 | $48,710 | $75,830 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $58,630 | $43,570 | $64,200 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $58,230 | $39,720 | $81,730 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $57,180 | $43,990 | $71,700 |
| Colorado | $56,700 | $40,230 | $66,540 |
| Salinas, CA | $55,830 | $38,840 | $62,200 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $54,540 | $40,360 | $63,580 |
| Alaska | $53,640 | $44,700 | $71,990 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $53,340 | $39,580 | $56,000 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $53,110 | $35,640 | $58,950 |
| Oregon | $53,090 | $40,890 | $60,660 |
| Kansas | $52,250 | $35,640 | $53,580 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $51,960 | $40,370 | $64,790 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $51,880 | $34,670 | $59,570 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $51,780 | $35,740 | $95,010 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $51,360 | $45,400 | $61,380 |
| Rhode Island | $51,360 | $45,400 | $61,380 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $51,290 | $34,160 | $58,200 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $51,150 | $33,490 | $55,300 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $51,100 | $38,420 | $80,740 |
| California | $51,100 | $39,580 | $58,170 |
| Massachusetts | $51,030 | $34,600 | $66,120 |
| Madison, WI | $50,700 | $35,640 | $61,370 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $50,660 | $40,910 | $58,580 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $50,490 | $38,970 | $65,170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $50,480 | $40,640 | $61,750 |
| Illinois | $50,420 | $34,830 | $92,650 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $50,250 | $40,870 | $67,180 |
| Vallejo, CA | $50,140 | $38,790 | $60,600 |
| New Jersey | $50,090 | $36,880 | $69,510 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $49,870 | $37,180 | $69,760 |
| Minnesota | $49,870 | $44,110 | $58,880 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $49,870 | $44,490 | $58,880 |
| Delaware | $48,780 | $38,480 | $79,990 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $48,570 | $38,260 | $64,230 |
| Michigan | $48,530 | $35,340 | $59,670 |
| Arizona | $48,210 | $37,440 | $67,860 |
| Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI | $48,140 | $38,740 | $48,520 |
| North Carolina | $47,960 | $36,190 | $72,490 |
| Modesto, CA | $47,950 | $40,460 | $54,930 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $47,930 | $37,180 | $73,030 |
| Alabama | $47,800 | $32,120 | $63,730 |
| Visalia, CA | $47,740 | $38,980 | $63,170 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $47,670 | $35,140 | $53,810 |
| District of Columbia | $47,570 | $39,720 | $72,700 |
| Connecticut | $47,520 | $34,420 | $68,880 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $47,520 | $37,180 | $62,960 |
| Fresno, CA | $47,440 | $35,350 | $58,330 |
| New York | $47,320 | $35,710 | $68,420 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $47,290 | $36,730 | $55,410 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $47,280 | $27,620 | $93,500 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $47,150 | $26,820 | $86,940 |
| Wisconsin | $47,130 | $35,640 | $57,830 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $46,650 | $35,050 | $58,050 |
| Ohio | $46,640 | $33,990 | $57,670 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $46,630 | $30,510 | $65,420 |
| Merced, CA | $46,610 | $40,170 | $58,690 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $46,470 | $36,210 | $62,740 |
| New Mexico | $45,970 | $37,210 | $51,980 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $45,960 | $35,460 | $58,260 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $45,720 | $39,020 | $47,800 |
| Nebraska | $45,720 | $39,020 | $62,500 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $45,690 | $37,710 | $53,580 |
| Ithaca, NY | $45,590 | $34,180 | $61,800 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $45,490 | $25,930 | $56,350 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $45,410 | $34,600 | $58,970 |
| Columbus, OH | $45,330 | $34,610 | $69,770 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $45,130 | $42,890 | $54,500 |
| Watertown-Fort Drum, NY | $45,030 | $31,640 | $64,000 |
| Maryland | $44,880 | $38,510 | $65,420 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $44,760 | $34,680 | $62,050 |
| Kingston, NY | $44,080 | $34,140 | $63,830 |
| Syracuse, NY | $43,870 | $34,980 | $52,830 |
| Arkansas | $43,510 | $32,220 | $50,110 |
| Idaho | $43,510 | $28,400 | $57,080 |
| Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area | $43,280 | $33,380 | $59,250 |
| Pennsylvania | $43,150 | $31,620 | $61,280 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $43,130 | $35,760 | $57,990 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $42,920 | $42,920 | $53,600 |
| Hawaii | $42,920 | $42,920 | $53,620 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $42,860 | $35,290 | $63,090 |
| South Carolina | $42,670 | $38,040 | $51,820 |
| Rochester, NY | $42,390 | $34,990 | $56,000 |
| Cleveland, OH | $42,390 | $36,720 | $58,170 |
| Reading, PA | $42,240 | $36,440 | $53,360 |
| Mississippi | $42,200 | $34,230 | $53,850 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $41,790 | $32,600 | $83,200 |
| Washington | $41,750 | $39,670 | $74,880 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $41,670 | $40,730 | $48,430 |
| Oklahoma | $41,670 | $38,070 | $48,410 |
| Utica-Rome, NY | $41,080 | $34,140 | $53,930 |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $41,070 | $34,140 | $56,750 |
| Erie, PA | $40,930 | $35,850 | $53,240 |
| Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $40,910 | $29,250 | $54,400 |
| Texas | $40,890 | $23,260 | $86,850 |
| Worcester, MA | $40,620 | $34,600 | $68,050 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $40,530 | $36,440 | $61,280 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $40,450 | $30,490 | $57,230 |
| Missouri | $40,450 | $27,500 | $52,250 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $40,390 | $32,790 | $64,040 |
| Louisiana | $40,390 | $32,790 | $64,040 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $40,360 | $39,670 | $75,990 |
| North Florida nonmetropolitan area | $40,350 | $33,530 | $57,520 |
| Ponce, PR | $40,220 | $20,030 | $43,270 |
| Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area | $40,200 | $34,140 | $51,610 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $40,150 | $37,620 | $58,680 |
| Mayaguez, PR | $40,150 | $19,760 | $43,100 |
| Aguadilla, PR | $39,970 | $22,430 | $46,030 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $39,950 | $32,830 | $60,720 |
| Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area | $39,880 | $21,900 | $42,970 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $39,560 | $29,590 | $80,750 |
| Kentucky | $39,560 | $27,760 | $51,640 |
| Nevada | $39,540 | $31,870 | $59,730 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $39,540 | $31,390 | $59,730 |
| Utah | $39,520 | $35,350 | $52,440 |
| Lancaster, PA | $39,460 | $29,210 | $49,830 |
| Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $39,370 | $26,230 | $49,480 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $39,290 | $32,810 | $60,180 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $39,190 | $31,200 | $57,740 |
| Virginia | $39,020 | $30,510 | $54,600 |
| Elmira, NY | $38,760 | $34,140 | $54,530 |
| Iowa | $38,320 | $28,030 | $54,060 |
| Binghamton, NY | $37,970 | $32,900 | $51,810 |
| Glens Falls, NY | $37,790 | $33,530 | $47,870 |
| Georgia | $37,490 | $31,310 | $43,690 |
| Richmond, VA | $37,110 | $35,610 | $47,980 |
| Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $36,490 | $32,420 | $49,670 |
| Tennessee | $36,190 | $22,350 | $51,440 |
| Florida | $36,070 | $30,330 | $62,090 |
| Indiana | $36,010 | $28,280 | $51,070 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $36,010 | $30,010 | $47,920 |
| Puerto Rico | $34,960 | $21,900 | $43,950 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $34,740 | $34,740 | $39,560 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $34,370 | $34,370 | $48,570 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $34,170 | $22,880 | $43,950 |
| Maine | $33,990 | $33,990 | $66,190 |
| West Virginia | $32,870 | $27,870 | $44,130 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $31,780 | $30,040 | $50,750 |
| Arecibo, PR | $31,700 | $20,650 | $42,830 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $31,310 | $31,310 | $43,690 |
| Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area | $28,620 | $23,620 | $38,570 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Word Processors and Typists make?▾
The median annual salary for a Word Processors and Typists is $47,850, with a typical range of $35,300 – $64,370 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Word Processors and Typists?▾
Entry-level Word Processors and Typists positions typically start around $35,300 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Word Processors and Typistss earn the most?▾
Word Processors and Typistss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.
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