What's the average minimum typing speed for a high paid secretary?

[Warik]

Curious.

I just took a typing test and scored very well. Wondering what the average minimum required typing speed for a high paid secretary would be, since these people do this stuff for a living and I think I might just naturally type way faster.

I did 103wpm with 97% accuracy relaxed without trying to go fast and 140wpm with 95% accuracy totally focused trying to make my keyboard start smoking.

See how fast you can type

 

[MattTheSkywalker]

that is very very fast

 

[WODIN]

45 WPM! LOL!!!

 

[jwill3:16]

70wpm is the average i hear.

 

[Warik]

Wow.

I thought secretaries were supposed to be the undisputed masters of the keyboard. Looks like programmers are taking the lead, unless I am some kind of exception and other programmers are slow.

Anybody know the average typing speed of a programmer? Might be hard to find since it's not really a job requirement.

 

[alien amp pharm]

Gross speed: 41 wpm
Errors: 1 words
Net speed: 40 wpm
Accuracy: 97%


I guess I'm slow, but effective.

 

[Lao Tzu]

74 WPM, 93% acc.

 

[slickdadd]

99 WPM relaxed, 93 percent accuracy. Not too bad. 140 though, damn.

 

[alien amp pharm]

I wonder what MassiveGunz's accuracy would be?

 

[Y_lifter]

my secretary gets $65k a year and she types about 3 wpm when she is totally focused with maybe 33% accuracy. She has trouble making copies, taking messages and faxing stuff as well.

She must be smokin hot like Warik's "Smith Corona"...