Job prospects Data Input Clerk in British Columbia

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "data input clerk" in British Columbia or across Canada.

Job opportunities in British Columbia

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Limited for data entry clerks (NOC 14111) in British Columbia for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Demand for this occupation is driven by business and organizational need for the digitization of physical information, data management, and oversight for complex data prcesses. 

Key trends for this occupation include artificial intelligence (AI) to automate data entry tasks by using technologies like optical character recognition (OCR) and robotic process automation (RPA).

Here are some key facts about data entry clerks in British Columbia:

• Approximately 4,650 people work in this occupation.
• Data entry clerks mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 11%
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 7%
  • Insurance Carriers and related activities (NAICS 524, 526): 5%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 5%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 5%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 68% compared to 78% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 32% compared to 22% for all occupations
• 56% of data entry clerks work all year, while 44% work only part of the year, compared to 61% and 39% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 40 weeks compared to 42 weeks for all occupations.
• 8% of data entry clerks are self-employed compared to an average of 17% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 20% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 80% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 6% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 39% compared to 28% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 12% compared to 13% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 20% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 18% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 12% for all occupations

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology

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