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2011 Jobs & Wages series
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Data Processing Services Industry
(NAICS 51821)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Users' Guide
Industry Definition and Related Industries
Industry Establishments, Sales & Employment Trends
Industry Ratios
Establishments, Firms & Payroll
Percentiles of Job Titles - Hourly & Annual Wages
5-Year Trends of Job Titles - Hourly & Annual Wages
5-Year Trends of Payroll & Fringe Benefits
Industry Job Titles:
Management occupations - major Group
Chief executives - sub Group
General and operations managers - sub Group
Marketing managers - sub Group
Sales managers - sub Group
Computer and information systems managers - sub Group
Financial managers - sub Group
Managers, all other - sub Group
Business and financial operations occupations - major Group
Training and development specialists - sub Group
Management analysts - sub Group
Business operations specialists, all other - sub Group
Accountants and auditors - sub Group
Financial analysts - sub Group
Financial specialists, all other - sub Group
Computer and mathematical science occupations - major Group
Computer programmers - sub Group
Computer software engineers, applications - sub Group
Computer software engineers, systems software - sub Group
Computer support specialists - sub Group
Computer systems analysts - sub Group
Database administrators - sub Group
Network and computer systems administrators - sub Group
Network systems and data communications analysts - sub Group
Computer specialists, all other - sub Group
Operations research analysts - sub Group
Architecture and engineering occupations - major Group
Life, physical, and social science occupations - major Group
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media - major Group
Sales and related occupations - major Group
Sales representatives, services, all other - sub Group
Sales representatives, wholesale/mfg, technical - sub Group
Sales representatives, wholesale/mfg, except technical - sub Group
Office and administrative support occupations - major Group
First-line supervisors/managers of admin workers - sub Group
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Data Processing Services Industry
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Industry Job Titles:
Bill and account collectors - sub Group
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators - sub Group
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks - sub Group
Customer service representatives - sub Group
Production, planning, and expediting clerks - sub Group
Executive secretaries and administrative assistants - sub Group
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive - sub Group
Computer operators - sub Group
Data entry keyers - sub Group
Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal - sub Group
Office clerks, general - sub Group
Office machine operators, except computer - sub Group
Office and administrative support workers, all other - sub Group
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Data Processing Services Industry
(NAICS 51821)
USERS' GUIDE
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© 2011 Barnes Reports: U.S. Data Processing Industry-Jobs Wages
Data Processing Services Industry
(NAICS 51821)
Industry Definition and Related Industries
NAICS 51821: Data Processing Services. This industry comprises
establishments primarily engaged in providing computer processing and
data preparation services. The service may consist of complete processing
and preparation of reports from data supplied by the customer or a
specialized service, such as data entry or making data processing
equipment available on an hourly or time-sharing basis.
Related Industries
Database Management Services
Computer System Design Services
Direct Mailing Services
Computer Manufacturing
U.S. Census Categories
NAICS 51821 – Data Processing Services is almost comparable to:
100% of SIC 7375 – Data Processing Services
Sub-Industries
Data processing and preparation Data entry service
Computer processing services Data processing service
Calculating service (computer) Data verification service
Computer graphics service Keypunch service
Computer time-sharing Optical scanning data service
Service bureau, computer Tabulating service
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Data Processing Services Industry
(NAICS 51821)
Industry Establishments, Sales & Employment Trends
Year Percent Chg. Year-to-Year
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12
Establishments 15,939 15,102 15,665 15,220 15,918 -5.3% 3.7% -2.8% 4.6%
Sales ($Millions) 69,548 62,648 65,470 63,233 66,410 -9.9% 4.5% -3.4% 5.0%
Employment 385,677 365,524 379,048 368,359 385,122 -5.2% 3.7% -2.8% 4.6%
Industry Ratios
Year Percent Chg. Year-to-Year
(Industry Averages) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 08-09 09-10 10-11 11-12
Sales ($M)/Estab. 4.36 4.15 4.18 4.15 4.17 -4.9% 0.7% -0.6% 0.4%
Sales ($)/Emp. 180,328 171,392 172,722 171,662 172,438 -5.0% 0.8% -0.6% 0.5%
Emps. per Estab. 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 24.2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Establishments, Firms & Payroll
Employee Size of Firm or Establishment
2010 1-4 5-9 10-19 20-99 100-499 500+ Total
Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps. Emps.
Firms 4,142 1,079 828 1,064 351 399 7,863
Establishments 8,451 2,003 1,763 2,380 679 96 15,665
Payroll ($Millions) 436 357 635 2,522 3,249 17,610 24,809
* Firms (total company) are represented by employee size of firm.
Establishments (individual locations) are represented by employee size of establishments.
"Total establishments" do not include "unknown employees" so will not match "total establishments" in other parts of the report.
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Data Processing Services Industry
(NAICS 51821)
Percentiles of Job Titles - Hourly & Annual Wages
Summary Table
2011 Hourly Wage ($) 2011 Annual Wage ($) Total
Area Name 10 per- 25 per- Median 75 per- 90 per- 10 per- 25 per- Median 75 per- 90 per- Employ-
centile centile centile centile centile centile centile centile ees
U.S. Total 27.43 36.94 48.57 63.89 88.05 57,057 57,057 101,016 132,890 183,111 368,359
Management
occupations 27.43 36.94 48.57 63.89 88.05 57,057 57,057 101,016 132,890 183,111 34,714
Chief executives 29.78 40.54 68.71 109.06 150.30 61,979 61,979 142,919 226,922 312,678 1,522
General and
operations
managers 24.34 34.15 48.72 77.34 106.58 50,643 50,643 101,360 160,936 221,755 6,885
Marketing
managers 30.12 41.15 53.52 70.34 96.94 62,662 62,662 111,344 146,335 201,636 2,493
Sales managers 28.97 37.49 50.39 64.94 89.49 60,261 60,261 104,812 135,077 186,125 2,652
Computer and
information
systems
managers 29.54 36.77 45.46 55.34 76.26 61,436 61,436 94,579 115,128 158,637 12,219
Financial
managers 28.94 37.33 48.26 61.89 85.29 60,199 60,199 100,390 128,752 177,410 3,218
Managers, all
other 30.00 41.13 55.18 71.89 90.48 62,402 62,402 114,791 149,532 188,223 2,276
Business and
financial
operations
occupations 16.13 20.68 26.64 34.50 43.43 33,545 33,545 55,421 71,773 90,345 32,540
Training and
development
specialists 15.17 18.99 25.48 32.51 40.66 31,558 31,558 53,003 67,629 84,570 1,855
Management
analysts 19.12 23.99 30.47 38.26 47.20 39,761 39,761 63,368 79,556 98,157 8,957
Business
operations
specialists, all
other 16.06 21.70 28.78 38.33 48.60 33,408 33,408 59,871 79,728 101,102 6,638
Accountants and
auditors 15.02 18.15 22.18 27.88 34.55 31,255 31,255 46,135 58,006 71,873 5,116
Financial
analysts 17.84 21.65 29.21 37.52 45.87 37,113 37,113 60,773 78,076 95,457 2,029
Financial
specialists, all
other 17.16 21.27 27.49 36.42 46.71 35,690 35,690 57,165 75,747 97,139 2,203
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Data Processing Services Industry
(NAICS 51821)
Percentiles of Job Titles - Hourly & Annual Wages
Summary Table
2011 Hourly Wage ($) 2011 Annual Wage ($) Total
Area Name 10 per- 25 per- Median 75 per- 90 per- 10 per- 25 per- Median 75 per- 90 per- Employ-
centile centile centile centile centile centile centile centile ees
Computer and
mathematical
science
occupations 14.78 21.21 29.38 38.00 46.18 30,742 30,742 61,125 79,049 96,060 126,448
Computer
programmers 15.55 21.57 28.31 36.10 45.98 32,341 32,341 58,866 75,057 95,604 13,828
Computer
software
engineers,
applications 21.12 26.49 32.95 40.05 47.37 43,927 43,927 68,532 83,300 98,541 17,770
Computer
software
engineers,
systems
software 20.21 25.20 31.41 38.03 45.79 42,061 42,061 65,361 79,140 95,275 16,987
Computer
support
specialists