Technology
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
$108,970
Typical range
$53k – $177k
Job outlook
+8% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Document Management Specialists
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
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Document Management Specialists Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Document Management Specialists
Entry / Junior
$52,650
~2 yrs to advance
Document Management Specialists
Established
$108,970
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Document Management Specialists
Senior
$142,885
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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
Any field
Top colleges for Technology
Explore all- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- Carnegie Mellon University11% admit · $109,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- Georgia Institute of Technology16% admit · $99,000 grad pay
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