Types

• Data entry keyers, file clerks, sales representatives and customer service representatives can be nontechnical jobs if the employer does not require technical tasks to be performed. Some companies have a need for data entry specialists to engage in information technology-based duties. When a hospital receptionist falls under the communications department in a hospital, the job could entail data processing and running end-of-day computer programs for daily reports.
  
  

Nature

• An expected growth of seven percent in sales positions is expected by 2018.we are selling the gas image by Marin Conic from Fotolia.com
  
  The nature of work for data entry employees often consists of entering data via computer and performing mainly clerical duties. File clerks are responsible for maintaining records through tracking, storing and updating.
  
  

Wages

• According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average annual wage for data entry keyers in 2008 was $26,120. File clerks earned an average of $23,800 in 2008. Sales representatives earned an average between $48,540 and $99,570 annually.