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Overview
Data entry clerks register, process and clean data in databases, spreadsheets, document systems and application-specific interfaces.
In job descriptions, look for data entry requirements, database use, word processing, spreadsheets, data cleansing, information security, digital documents, data classification and confidentiality.
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Open in Job ExplorerWhat the work can involve
Data entry clerk work is controlled, detail-heavy information handling. The clerk receives records, enters or updates fields, checks formats, cleans errors and keeps documents usable for later reporting or analysis.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes database use, spreadsheets, word processing, data cleansing, confidentiality, information security policies and knowing when entries need correction instead of simple transcription.
Salary context
For data entry clerks, pay comparisons often turn on accuracy pressure, confidential records, system complexity, deadline volume and whether the job owns data quality checks as well as entry.
Career paths
A data entry clerk can move toward senior data administration, document control, data quality support, records coordination, reporting assistant work or maintenance of data collection processes.
Good to know
Read adverts for the named entry systems, expected speed, error-checking rules, confidentiality level, spreadsheet or database work and who approves corrected records.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay data.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 2
Data Entry Keyers
43-9021.00
Exact relationship
The official mapping treats the O*NET and ESCO occupations as closely equivalent.
Open in O*NETWord Processors and Typists
43-9022.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
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Occupation group
Data entry clerks (4132)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/6353b3e8-e8f2-4ecb-b230-186927139892 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 4132.1 |
| ISCO group | 4132 |
| Concept type | Occupation |