There's no flat industry rate for data entry — cost depends on the record, the source, and the accuracy and turnaround you need. Here's how we think about it.
We generally price by the record rather than by the hour — a document, a line item, or an entry, whichever makes the most sense as a consistent billing unit for your project. That keeps costs predictable and easy to compare across projects.
The number of fields per record, how legible or well-organized the source material is, and how much verification or cross-referencing each record requires.
Larger volumes and more flexible turnaround windows generally bring the per-record rate down; rush work and tight deadlines cost more.
Entering data directly into your systems, matching specific formatting rules, or working across multiple source documents per record all add time — and factor into the quote.