Organizations need to process a rapidly growing amount of information.
Data entry and information processing workers help ensure the smooth and efficient handling of information.
By keying in text, entering data into a computer, operating a variety of office machines, and performing other clerical duties, these workers help organizations keep up with the rapid changes.
Some workers in this occupation telecommute, working from their homes on personal computers linked by telephone lines to those in the main office.
Data entry and information processing workers held about 492,000 jobs, the highest 10 percent earned more than $43,330 per year.
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