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Document Management Specialists

Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.

Median salary (BLS)

$116,580

10th–90th percentile (BLS)

$56k – $188k

Job outlook

+8% (faster than average)

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports one wage for this occupational group, which covers 9 related roles — so read the median as an approximate group figure, and the range as the truer picture for this specific title. BLS source.

Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $109,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.

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Education

Typical entry: Bachelor's degree

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Typical progression

  1. Document Management Specialists Intern

    Internship

    $36,000

    ~4 mos to advance

  2. Junior Document Management Specialists

    Entry / Junior

    $55,940

    ~2 yrs to advance

  3. Document Management Specialists

    Established

    $116,580

    ~3 yrs to advance

  4. Senior Document Management Specialists

    Senior

    $152,525

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Key skills

A typical day

  • •Assist in determining document management policies to facilitate efficient, legal, and secure access to electronic content.
  • •Assist in the development of document or content classification taxonomies to facilitate information capture, search, and retrieval.
  • •Implement electronic document processing, retrieval, and distribution systems in collaboration with other information technology specialists.
  • •Identify and classify documents or other electronic content according to characteristics such as security level, function, and metadata.
  • •Develop, document, or maintain standards, best practices, or system usage procedures.

Fields of study

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