- What is a good KPM for data entry?
- Job adverts commonly ask for 8,000 to 10,000 keystrokes per hour, which is roughly 130 to 170 per minute. Above 200 per minute with high accuracy is genuinely fast. Speed without accuracy is worth little, because a wrong figure costs more to find than to type.
- How do I convert KPM to keystrokes per hour (KPH)?
- Multiply by sixty. A run at 150 keystrokes per minute is 9,000 per hour, which is the unit most data entry adverts quote. The test shows both figures, so there is nothing to work out on paper. Treat the hourly number as a pace, not a promise: nobody types for sixty unbroken minutes.
- How is KPM different from words per minute?
- Words per minute divides characters by five to make an average word; keystrokes per minute counts the characters themselves. That is the right measure for numbers, where there are no words to average.
- Why digits rather than text?
- Because the roles that quote KPM are entering figures: invoices, orders, forms. Measuring on prose would flatter people who type well but have never used a number pad.
- Is what I type stored?
- No. The digit groups are generated in your browser and what you type is compared there and discarded. Nothing is stored and nothing leaves your device.