29 Series · SOC 29-9021
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars Salary
National pay, percentile range, growth outlook, and state-by-state detail from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey (May 2025).
- $68,020
- Median / year
- $117,420
- Top 10% earn
- +14.7%
- Growth '23–'33
- 38,100
- US workers
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars earn a median of $68,020 per year.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, the median annual wage is $68,020, based on the most recent survey of employers. Reported pay ranges from $39,830 (10th percentile) to $117,420 (90th percentile) nationally, across roughly 38,100 US workers. Arkansas pays the most ($93,300), since pay varies by state and metro area.
The pay verdict
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars earn a median of $68,020, putting them above the typical US occupation and higher than 60% of the 825 occupations with a published BLS median. Within Healthcare Practitioners and Technical, it ranks #52 of 71 by median pay. Employment is projected to grow 14.7% by 2033.
- $68,020
- Median annual wage
- Top 40%
- of 825 US occupations with published wages
- #52 of 71
- in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
- 2.9×
- 90th-to-10th pay spread
Highest-paying state: Arkansas at $93,300. Typical entry-level education: Associate's degree.
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars (SOC 29-9021) pays a national median of $68,020 per year according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey released in May 2025. Full-range compensation stretches from $39,830 at the 10th percentile to $117,420 at the 90th, with a mean of $74,970 indicating a right-skew where top earners pull the average above the midpoint. An estimated 38,100 Americans work in this occupation across 51 reporting states and 173 metro areas.
BLS Employment Projections forecast a +14.7% change in employment from 2024 to 2034, which the agency classifies as much faster than average relative to the 5% all-occupations baseline. About 3,200 openings are projected per year, combining new positions with replacement needs from retirements and occupation-switchers. Typical entry-level preparation is Associate's degree. The BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) and Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) produce a workplace-safety grade of A for this role, with a fatality rate of 0.7 per 100,000 and injury rate of 1.5 per 100.
Geographic variation matters as much as the headline median. Arkansas pays the highest state median at $93,300, which is +37% above the national figure. The top metro is San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA at $126,670 - metro premiums typically reflect higher cost of living, industry concentration, or specialized employer demand. When using this page for negotiation or career planning, pair the national median with the state and metro rows below, remember that BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime, and revisit after each May OEWS release since percentiles shift with cost-of-living cycles and industry demand. See our methodology for exactly how these figures are sourced, computed, and verified.
Median Salary
$68,020
per year
Median Hourly
$32.70/hr
per hour
Mean Salary
$74,970
average
Employment
38,100
jobs nationwide
How does this pay compare nationally?
Where Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars pay sits nationally
Median annual wage vs. 825 detailed BLS occupations with a published median
$68,020 Top 40% higher than 60% of 825 US occupations
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US occupations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025
Does this job pay well and grow?
Each dot is a 29-series occupation, placed by projected 2024–2034 growth and median pay. The highlighted dot is Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars; the upper-right quadrant is the sweet spot (high pay + fast growth).
Among 25 29-series occupations with growth data, Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars sits on the faster-growing side at +14.7% growth and $68,020 median pay.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS (wages, May 2025) and Employment Projections (2024–2034).
Job Outlook (2024–2034)
Projected Growth
+14.7%
Much faster than average
Annual Openings
3,200
per year (projected)
Typical Education
Associate's degree
Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034
Workplace Safety
All safety ratings →Very Safe
Safety Grade (BLS 2023)
Fatality Rate
0.7/100K
Injury Rate
1.5/100
Danger Index
6.4/100
Source: BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) & Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), 2023
Career Intelligence
Skills, knowledge, and tasks most important for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars roles, ranked by importance. Source: O*NET.
Key Tasks
- ▸ Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software.
- ▸ Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds.
- ▸ Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability.
- ▸ Develop in-service educational materials.
- ▸ Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems.
- ▸ Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization.
- ▸ Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems.
- ▸ Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department.
- ▸ Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system.
- ▸ Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
Source: O*NET Online, National Center for O*NET Development. Data represents typical importance ratings for this occupation.
Salary Range
Annual Salary Distribution
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$39,830
25th Percentile
$48,940
Median
$68,020
75th Percentile
$95,630
90th Percentile
$117,420
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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| # | State | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas | $93,300 | +37% above national |
| 2 | Minnesota | $90,760 | +33% above national |
| 3 | California | $90,750 | +33% above national |
| 4 | Wisconsin | $89,260 | +31% above national |
| 5 | Wyoming | $88,560 | +30% above national |
| 6 | Oregon | $86,230 | +27% above national |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $81,420 | +20% above national |
| 8 | North Dakota | $81,170 | +19% above national |
| 9 | New Hampshire | $81,020 | +19% above national |
| 10 | Iowa | $80,600 | +18% above national |
| 11 | Montana | $79,140 | +16% above national |
| 12 | Colorado | $78,470 | +15% above national |
| 13 | Florida | $76,950 | +13% above national |
| 14 | Texas | $76,820 | +13% above national |
| 15 | Connecticut | $76,140 | +12% above national |
| 16 | District of Columbia | $75,460 | +11% above national |
| 17 | New York | $75,320 | +11% above national |
| 18 | Utah | $75,320 | +11% above national |
| 19 | Vermont | $73,130 | +8% above national |
| 20 | Rhode Island | $72,120 | +6% above national |
| 21 | Ohio | $71,330 | +5% above national |
| 22 | Alaska | $71,100 | +5% above national |
| 23 | Georgia | $70,170 | +3% above national |
| 24 | Maryland | $70,040 | +3% above national |
| 25 | Delaware | $68,890 | +1% above national |
| 26 | Michigan | $67,150 | 1% below national |
| 27 | Louisiana | $65,620 | 4% below national |
| 28 | Tennessee | $64,560 | 5% below national |
| 29 | Nevada | $63,610 | 6% below national |
| 30 | North Carolina | $63,010 | 7% below national |
| 31 | Illinois | $62,780 | 8% below national |
| 32 | New Jersey | $61,940 | 9% below national |
| 33 | West Virginia | $61,330 | 10% below national |
| 34 | South Dakota | $60,740 | 11% below national |
| 35 | Kansas | $60,030 | 12% below national |
| 36 | Pennsylvania | $59,980 | 12% below national |
| 37 | Washington | $59,640 | 12% below national |
| 38 | Missouri | $59,380 | 13% below national |
| 39 | Virginia | $59,060 | 13% below national |
| 40 | Idaho | $56,300 | 17% below national |
| 41 | Hawaii | $51,930 | 24% below national |
| 42 | Arizona | $50,740 | 25% below national |
| 43 | Maine | $50,320 | 26% below national |
| 44 | Nebraska | $49,520 | 27% below national |
| 45 | Kentucky | $49,330 | 27% below national |
| 46 | Mississippi | $47,000 | 31% below national |
| 47 | Indiana | $46,470 | 32% below national |
| 48 | Oklahoma | $45,210 | 34% below national |
| 49 | South Carolina | $44,530 | 35% below national |
| 50 | New Mexico | $42,000 | 38% below national |
| 51 | Puerto Rico | $27,040 | 60% below national |
Salary by Metro Area
Highest Paying Metros
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| # | Metro Area | Median Salary | vs National |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $126,670 | +86% above national |
| 2 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $111,480 | +64% above national |
| 3 | Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $101,500 | +49% above national |
| 4 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $100,740 | +48% above national |
| 5 | Madison, WI | $98,530 | +45% above national |
| 6 | Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $94,850 | +39% above national |
| 7 | Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $93,440 | +37% above national |
| 8 | Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $92,750 | +36% above national |
| 9 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $91,910 | +35% above national |
| 10 | Duluth, MN-WI | $91,440 | +34% above national |
| 11 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $88,630 | +30% above national |
| 12 | Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area | $87,940 | +29% above national |
| 13 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $87,530 | +29% above national |
| 14 | Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $87,170 | +28% above national |
| 15 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $86,940 | +28% above national |
| 16 | Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $86,790 | +28% above national |
| 17 | Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $86,310 | +27% above national |
| 18 | Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $86,160 | +27% above national |
| 19 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $85,350 | +25% above national |
| 20 | Lubbock, TX | $84,540 | +24% above national |
| 21 | Worcester, MA | $84,430 | +24% above national |
| 22 | North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $83,880 | +23% above national |
| 23 | Columbus, OH | $83,580 | +23% above national |
| 24 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $83,130 | +22% above national |
| 25 | Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $82,780 | +22% above national |
| 26 | Manchester-Nashua, NH | $82,440 | +21% above national |
| 27 | Fargo, ND-MN | $81,490 | +20% above national |
| 28 | Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area | $81,020 | +19% above national |
| 29 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $79,800 | +17% above national |
| 30 | Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $79,800 | +17% above national |
| 31 | Eugene-Springfield, OR | $79,530 | +17% above national |
| 32 | Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $79,510 | +17% above national |
| 33 | Modesto, CA | $79,350 | +17% above national |
| 34 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $78,960 | +16% above national |
| 35 | Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $78,470 | +15% above national |
| 36 | North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $78,150 | +15% above national |
| 37 | Green Bay, WI | $78,020 | +15% above national |
| 38 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $77,930 | +15% above national |
| 39 | Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $77,870 | +14% above national |
| 40 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $77,860 | +14% above national |
| 41 | Rochester, MN | $77,570 | +14% above national |
| 42 | Fresno, CA | $77,280 | +14% above national |
| 43 | Raleigh-Cary, NC | $76,810 | +13% above national |
| 44 | Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $76,340 | +12% above national |
| 45 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $76,140 | +12% above national |
| 46 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $76,060 | +12% above national |
| 47 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $75,980 | +12% above national |
| 48 | Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $75,320 | +11% above national |
| 49 | Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $74,660 | +10% above national |
| 50 | Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $74,650 | +10% above national |
| 51 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $74,180 | +9% above national |
| 52 | Macon-Bibb County, GA | $74,160 | +9% above national |
| 53 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $73,740 | +8% above national |
| 54 | El Paso, TX | $73,700 | +8% above national |
| 55 | Bend, OR | $73,190 | +8% above national |
| 56 | Cleveland, OH | $73,070 | +7% above national |
| 57 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $72,870 | +7% above national |
| 58 | Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $72,590 | +7% above national |
| 59 | Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $72,370 | +6% above national |
| 60 | Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $72,240 | +6% above national |
| 61 | Alaska nonmetropolitan area | $72,150 | +6% above national |
| 62 | Ann Arbor, MI | $71,440 | +5% above national |
| 63 | Toledo, OH | $71,330 | +5% above national |
| 64 | Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $70,390 | +3% above national |
| 65 | Wichita, KS | $69,770 | +3% above national |
| 66 | Topeka, KS | $69,740 | +3% above national |
| 67 | St. Louis, MO-IL | $68,990 | +1% above national |
| 68 | South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $68,840 | +1% above national |
| 69 | Flint, MI | $68,690 | +1% above national |
| 70 | Traverse City, MI | $67,900 | same as national |
| 71 | Colorado Springs, CO | $67,770 | same as national |
| 72 | Boise City, ID | $67,460 | 1% below national |
| 73 | Jacksonville, FL | $67,220 | 1% below national |
| 74 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $66,750 | 2% below national |
| 75 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $66,570 | 2% below national |
| 76 | Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $66,510 | 2% below national |
| 77 | Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $66,260 | 3% below national |
| 78 | Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $66,220 | 3% below national |
| 79 | Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area | $65,500 | 4% below national |
| 80 | Baton Rouge, LA | $64,930 | 5% below national |
| 81 | Syracuse, NY | $64,660 | 5% below national |
| 82 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $64,440 | 5% below national |
| 83 | Springfield, MA | $64,420 | 5% below national |
| 84 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $64,130 | 6% below national |
| 85 | Sioux Falls, SD-MN | $63,870 | 6% below national |
| 86 | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $63,820 | 6% below national |
| 87 | Lexington-Fayette, KY | $63,500 | 7% below national |
| 88 | Bowling Green, KY | $63,420 | 7% below national |
| 89 | Greenville, NC | $63,360 | 7% below national |
| 90 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $63,310 | 7% below national |
| 91 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $63,170 | 7% below national |
| 92 | Rochester, NY | $62,540 | 8% below national |
| 93 | Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $62,480 | 8% below national |
| 94 | Pittsburgh, PA | $62,380 | 8% below national |
| 95 | Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | $61,860 | 9% below national |
| 96 | Omaha, NE-IA | $61,630 | 9% below national |
| 97 | North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $61,480 | 10% below national |
| 98 | Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $60,980 | 10% below national |
| 99 | Athens-Clarke County, GA | $60,610 | 11% below national |
| 100 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $60,420 | 11% below national |
| 101 | Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $60,360 | 11% below national |
| 102 | McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $60,110 | 12% below national |
| 103 | Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area | $60,100 | 12% below national |
| 104 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $60,080 | 12% below national |
| 105 | Greensboro-High Point, NC | $60,050 | 12% below national |
| 106 | East Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $59,550 | 12% below national |
| 107 | North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $58,580 | 14% below national |
| 108 | Champaign-Urbana, IL | $56,850 | 16% below national |
| 109 | Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $55,380 | 19% below national |
| 110 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $54,510 | 20% below national |
| 111 | Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $54,140 | 20% below national |
| 112 | East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area | $54,140 | 20% below national |
| 113 | South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $54,020 | 21% below national |
| 114 | Richmond, VA | $52,100 | 23% below national |
| 115 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $52,040 | 23% below national |
| 116 | Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $51,230 | 25% below national |
| 117 | Tucson, AZ | $51,010 | 25% below national |
| 118 | Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $50,970 | 25% below national |
| 119 | Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | $50,480 | 26% below national |
| 120 | Portland-South Portland, ME | $50,320 | 26% below national |
| 121 | Urban Honolulu, HI | $50,190 | 26% below national |
| 122 | Springfield, MO | $50,100 | 26% below national |
| 123 | Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $49,650 | 27% below national |
| 124 | Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $49,560 | 27% below national |
| 125 | Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $49,520 | 27% below national |
| 126 | Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area | $49,520 | 27% below national |
| 127 | Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $49,500 | 27% below national |
| 128 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $49,400 | 27% below national |
| 129 | Columbia, SC | $49,290 | 28% below national |
| 130 | Twin Falls, ID | $48,880 | 28% below national |
| 131 | Terre Haute, IN | $48,800 | 28% below national |
| 132 | Tulsa, OK | $48,640 | 28% below national |
| 133 | Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area | $47,920 | 30% below national |
| 134 | Arizona nonmetropolitan area | $47,530 | 30% below national |
| 135 | Asheville, NC | $47,370 | 30% below national |
| 136 | Knoxville, TN | $47,140 | 31% below national |
| 137 | Savannah, GA | $46,830 | 31% below national |
| 138 | West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $46,790 | 31% below national |
| 139 | Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $46,590 | 32% below national |
| 140 | Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $46,500 | 32% below national |
| 141 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $46,470 | 32% below national |
| 142 | Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $46,380 | 32% below national |
| 143 | Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $46,270 | 32% below national |
| 144 | Reno, NV | $45,400 | 33% below national |
| 145 | Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $44,950 | 34% below national |
| 146 | Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $44,530 | 35% below national |
| 147 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $44,180 | 35% below national |
| 148 | Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $43,770 | 36% below national |
| 149 | Oklahoma City, OK | $43,420 | 36% below national |
| 150 | Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $43,280 | 36% below national |
| 151 | Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $43,180 | 37% below national |
| 152 | Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ | $43,010 | 37% below national |
| 153 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $42,480 | 38% below national |
| 154 | Akron, OH | $42,360 | 38% below national |
| 155 | South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $42,310 | 38% below national |
| 156 | South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area | $42,190 | 38% below national |
| 157 | Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $41,910 | 38% below national |
| 158 | Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area | $41,340 | 39% below national |
| 159 | Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area | $41,130 | 40% below national |
| 160 | Columbia, MO | $41,080 | 40% below national |
| 161 | Rome, GA | $39,850 | 41% below national |
| 162 | Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $38,770 | 43% below national |
| 163 | Florence, SC | $38,630 | 43% below national |
| 164 | Jackson, MS | $38,470 | 43% below national |
| 165 | Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $38,000 | 44% below national |
| 166 | Youngstown-Warren, OH | $37,760 | 44% below national |
| 167 | Midland, TX | $37,660 | 45% below national |
| 168 | Canton-Massillon, OH | $37,520 | 45% below national |
| 169 | Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $36,990 | 46% below national |
| 170 | East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $36,840 | 46% below national |
| 171 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $35,950 | 47% below national |
| 172 | Clarksville, TN-KY | $35,900 | 47% below national |
| 173 | San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $27,040 | 60% below national |
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