Health Information Technicians: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Health Information Technicians

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Approximately 170,000 people work as health information technicians. For this occupation, the unemployment is considered to be low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees that work part-time represent 13% of the total in 2008.

Training and Education

An associate degree is useful when pursuing this career. Among workers, 12% graduated from college with 4 year degrees. 51% of people working as employees went to college but did not obtain a degree. 37% of health information technicians completed high school but did not pursue a college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Finding jobs for workers may be easier in Flagstaff (Arizona), Rome (Georgia), and Great Falls (Montana), and the most challenging in Newark (New Jersey), Edison (New Jersey), and Atlantic City (New Jersey).

The pay for these jobs is highest in Waterbury (Connecticut), Iowa City (Iowa), and Vineland (New Jersey) and lowest in Shreveport (Louisiana), Laredo (Texas), and Valdosta (Georgia).

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Health Information Technicians: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Health Information Technicians, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Health Information Technicians are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Health Information Technicians are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	50	$28,900	1
Alabama	Auburn	50	$25,480	1
Alabama	Birmingham	900	$29,480	1.4
Alabama	Decatur	50	$29,250	0.8
Alabama	Dothan	140	$22,030	2.1
Alabama	Florence	80	$25,940	1.4
Alabama	Gadsden	50	$22,980	1.4
Alabama	Huntsville	310	$26,980	1.2
Alabama	Mobile	310	$28,180	1.4
Alabama	Montgomery	280	$25,760	1.4
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	120	$31,290	1.2
Alaska	Anchorage	260	$37,320	1.3
Alaska	Fairbanks	70	$38,490	2
Arizona	Flagstaff	230	$34,220	3.8
Arizona	Kingman	90	$32,320	1.6
Arizona	Phoenix	2,840	$30,510	1.2
Arizona	Prescott	100	$26,920	1.4
Arizona	Tucson	750	$28,950	1.6
Arizona	Yuma	70	$25,330	1
Arkansas	Fayetteville	190	$30,960	0.8
Arkansas	Fort Smith	190	$25,140	1.4
Arkansas	Hot Springs	50	$30,250	1.3
Arkansas	Jonesboro	60	$27,910	1.1
Arkansas	Little Rock	510	$31,130	1.2
California	Bakersfield	260	$31,420	0.8
California	Chico	90	$28,560	1.1
California	El Centro	40	$36,310	0.7
California	Fresno	350	$31,990	0.9
California	Hanford	90	$34,870	3
California	Merced	40	$41,860	0.6
California	Modesto	270	$29,330	1.4
California	Napa	90	$39,090	1.3
California	Oakland	1,000	$40,450	0.8
California	Oxnard	330	$34,370	0.9
California	Redding	120	$31,070	1.6
California	Riverside	1,150	$37,800	0.7
California	Sacramento	700	$39,770	0.6
California	Salinas	150	$37,780	0.8
California	San Diego	1,490	$34,390	0.9
California	San Francisco	760	$44,800	0.6
California	San Jose	700	$45,280	0.6
California	San Luis Obispo	120	$33,730	1
California	Santa Ana	1,530	$40,320	0.8
California	Santa Barbara	230	$36,350	1.1
California	Santa Cruz	80	$35,800	0.8
California	Santa Rosa	270	$32,210	1.2
California	Stockton	180	$39,910	0.7
California	Vallejo	240	$39,110	1.7
California	Visalia	100	$28,450	0.6
Colorado	Boulder	100	$41,240	0.5
Colorado	Colorado Springs	410	$33,200	1.3
Colorado	Denver	1,690	$37,510	1.1
Colorado	Fort Collins	190	$37,370	1.3
Colorado	Grand Junction	90	$27,540	1.4
Colorado	Greeley	50	$32,700	0.6
Colorado	Pueblo	110	$32,760	1.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	360	$32,940	0.7
Connecticut	Danbury	80	$36,980	1
Connecticut	Hartford	680	$36,060	0.9
Connecticut	New Haven	190	$33,120	0.6
Connecticut	Norwich	120	$37,430	0.8
Connecticut	Waterbury	100	$44,730	1.3
Delaware	Wilmington	300	$34,270	0.7
District of Columbia	Washington	1,910	$40,580	0.7
Florida	Cape Coral	350	$33,820	1.4
Florida	Deltona	240	$31,240	1.3
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	750	$34,770	0.8
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	60	$37,520	0.7
Florida	Gainesville	200	$35,340	1.5
Florida	Jacksonville	920	$32,000	1.2
Florida	Lakeland	220	$29,800	0.9
Florida	Miami	1,010	$33,280	0.8
Florida	Naples	110	$31,370	0.8
Florida	Ocala	140	$29,010	1.3
Florida	Orlando	1,090	$28,710	0.8
Florida	Palm Bay	520	$31,290	2.2
Florida	Panama City	80	$31,900	1
Florida	Pensacola	310	$30,030	1.7
Florida	Port St Lucie	140	$33,060	0.9
Florida	Punta Gorda	120	$27,960	2.8
Florida	Sarasota	490	$29,980	1.5
Florida	Tallahassee	170	$35,280	0.9
Florida	Tampa	1,510	$32,290	1
Florida	West Palm Beach	850	$32,960	1.3
Georgia	Albany	140	$22,050	2.1
Georgia	Athens	50	$30,130	0.6
Georgia	Atlanta	1,840	$31,940	0.6
Georgia	Augusta	310	$32,830	1.2
Georgia	Brunswick	40		0.9
Georgia	Columbus	200	$27,180	1.6
Georgia	Gainesville	90	$28,610	1.1
Georgia	Macon	220	$26,090	1.9
Georgia	Rome	130	$28,610	3.4
Georgia	Savannah	140	$27,860	0.8
Georgia	Valdosta	120	$18,750	1.9
Georgia	Warner Robins	40	$29,140	0.7
Hawaii	Honolulu	510	$41,450	0.9
Idaho	Boise	610	$32,200	1.8
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	80	$27,970	1.3
Idaho	Idaho Falls	40	$26,850	0.8
Idaho	Pocatello	40	$26,350	1.3
Illinois	Bloomington	100	$30,670	1.3
Illinois	Champaign	90	$37,040	0.8
Illinois	Chicago	4,810	$34,870	1
Illinois	Danville	60	$33,060	2.3
Illinois	Decatur	90		1.8
Illinois	Kankakee	40	$30,960	1
Illinois	Peoria	240	$29,540	1.2
Illinois	Rockford	210	$24,830	1.2
Illinois	Springfield	120	$27,950	1
Indiana	Anderson	70	$33,690	1.6
Indiana	Bloomington	190	$27,230	2.5
Indiana	Columbus	60	$29,010	1.3
Indiana	Elkhart	110	$29,060	0.7
Indiana	Evansville	310	$27,420	1.5
Indiana	Fort Wayne	300	$30,140	1.2
Indiana	Gary	440	$29,330	1.3
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,030	$34,780	0.9
Indiana	Kokomo	70	$30,400	1.9
Indiana	Lafayette	120	$30,670	1.4
Indiana	Michigan City	70	$29,280	1.5
Indiana	Muncie	100	$27,460	2
Indiana	South Bend	400	$25,900	2.5
Indiana	Terre Haute	100	$32,040	1.3
Iowa	Ames	120	$23,590	3
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	170	$28,010	1.1
Iowa	Davenport	280	$26,670	1.3
Iowa	Des Moines	630	$31,920	1.6
Iowa	Dubuque	50	$24,730	0.9
Iowa	Iowa City	130	$43,860	1.6
Iowa	Sioux City	100	$26,570	1.2
Iowa	Waterloo	170	$28,730	1.7
Kansas	Topeka	190	$31,040	1.5
Kansas	Wichita	500	$28,880	1.3
Kentucky	Bowling Green	50	$28,780	0.8
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	90	$33,610	1.9
Kentucky	Lexington	440	$35,020	1.5
Kentucky	Louisville	950	$31,360	1.2
Kentucky	Owensboro	70	$24,110	1.3
Louisiana	Alexandria	110	$30,880	1.7
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	540	$27,400	1.2
Louisiana	Houma	110	$25,590	1
Louisiana	Lafayette	150	$31,420	0.9
Louisiana	Lake Charles	100	$21,990	1
Louisiana	Monroe	100	$28,630	1.1
Louisiana	New Orleans	460	$29,950	0.7
Louisiana	Shreveport	340	$22,940	1.6
Maine	Bangor	120	$32,730	1.7
Maine	Lewiston	40	$34,000	0.7
Maine	Portland	240	$31,400	1
Maryland	Baltimore	1,560	$40,100	0.9
Maryland	Bethesda	400	$43,010	0.6
Maryland	Cumberland	40	$27,360	1.1
Maryland	Hagerstown	140	$32,970	1.2
Maryland	Salisbury	90	$32,560	1.6
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	280	$36,250	2.4
Massachusetts	Boston	3,180	$38,020	1.5
Massachusetts	Brockton	210	$31,680	2
Massachusetts	Framingham	150	$43,210	0.8
Massachusetts	Haverhill	110	$31,840	1.3
Massachusetts	Lawrence	100	$33,160	1.6
Massachusetts	Leominster	50	$31,380	0.9
Massachusetts	Lowell	140	$34,520	1
Massachusetts	New Bedford	160	$28,740	2.2
Massachusetts	Springfield	440	$36,900	1.2
Massachusetts	Worcester	500	$34,420	1.6
Michigan	Ann Arbor	420	$38,600	2.1
Michigan	Battle Creek	70	$34,850	1.3
Michigan	Detroit	580	$36,900	0.7
Michigan	Flint	260	$34,130	1.6
Michigan	Grand Rapids	430	$34,360	0.9
Michigan	Holland	100	$32,220	0.8
Michigan	Jackson	60	$29,400	1.1
Michigan	Kalamazoo	170	$32,000	1.1
Michigan	Lansing	200	$32,150	0.9
Michigan	Monroe	50	$27,660	1.2
Michigan	Muskegon	110	$24,360	1.6
Michigan	Niles	70	$30,540	1
Michigan	Saginaw	220	$26,630	2.5
Michigan	Warren	1,120	$33,450	0.8
Minnesota	Duluth	200	$35,690	1.3
Minnesota	Minneapolis	2,380	$37,260	1.1
Minnesota	Rochester	170	$41,120	1.6
Minnesota	St Cloud	130	$36,460	1.1
Mississippi	Gulfport	130	$30,570	1
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	120	$23,220	1.9
Mississippi	Jackson	610	$29,490	2
Mississippi	Pascagoula	70	$25,930	1.4
Missouri	Columbia	240	$31,280	2.6
Missouri	Jefferson City	60	$36,470	0.8
Missouri	Joplin	140	$26,830	1.5
Missouri	Kansas City	1,690	$31,670	1.3
Missouri	Springfield	290	$30,850	1.2
Missouri	St Joseph	170		3.1
Missouri	St Louis	2,050	$31,060	1.2
Montana	Great Falls	120	$27,600	3.3
Montana	Missoula	100	$31,500	1.8
Nebraska	Lincoln	320	$30,800	1.6
Nebraska	Omaha	850	$33,060	1.5
Nevada	Carson City	40	$35,070	1.4
Nevada	Las Vegas	990	$36,920	0.9
Nevada	Reno	200	$33,610	0.8
New Hampshire	Manchester	230	$29,760	1.9
New Hampshire	Nashua	210	$30,930	1.3
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	60	$32,950	1
New Hampshire	Rochester	90	$30,850	1.4
New Jersey	Atlantic City	70	$39,020	0.4
New Jersey	Camden	310	$40,540	0.5
New Jersey	Edison	530	$43,240	0.4
New Jersey	Newark	540		0.4
New Jersey	Ocean City	60	$38,900	1.4
New Jersey	Trenton	160	$37,710	0.6
New Jersey	Vineland	30	$43,750	0.5
New Mexico	Albuquerque	380	$32,550	0.8
New Mexico	Farmington	70	$33,920	1.2
New Mexico	Las Cruces	100	$21,930	1.5
New Mexico	Santa Fe	60	$35,870	0.8
New York	Albany	570	$30,850	1
New York	Binghamton	120	$26,710	1
New York	Buffalo	480	$35,440	0.7
New York	Elmira	40	$24,800	1.1
New York	Glens Falls	100	$28,210	1.7
New York	Kingston	100	$30,090	1.5
New York	Nassau	1,470	$40,730	0.9
New York	New York	4,280	$41,110	0.7
New York	Poughkeepsie	410	$34,120	1.4
New York	Rochester	700	$31,960	1.1
New York	Syracuse	570	$37,190	1.5
New York	Utica	210	$28,770	1.4
North Carolina	Asheville	370	$27,680	1.7
North Carolina	Burlington	60	$30,100	0.9
North Carolina	Charlotte	780	$30,580	0.7
North Carolina	Durham	340	$34,570	1
North Carolina	Fayetteville	200	$33,150	1.4
North Carolina	Goldsboro	90	$27,850	2.3
North Carolina	Greensboro	240	$30,220	0.5
North Carolina	Greenville	140	$26,540	1.7
North Carolina	Hickory	240	$27,820	1.2
North Carolina	Raleigh	820	$30,260	1.3
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	90	$23,420	1.4
North Carolina	Wilmington	210	$31,640	1.2
North Carolina	Winston Salem	440	$31,620	1.7
North Dakota	Bismarck	100	$31,270	1.6
North Dakota	Grand Forks	100	$33,920	1.9
Ohio	Akron	280	$32,420	0.7
Ohio	Canton	270	$27,030	1.3
Ohio	Cincinnati	1,250	$32,760	1
Ohio	Cleveland	1,200	$36,560	0.9
Ohio	Columbus	890	$30,930	0.8
Ohio	Dayton	650	$30,220	1.3
Ohio	Lima	110	$29,680	1.9
Ohio	Mansfield	80	$29,920	1.4
Ohio	Sandusky	40	$28,820	1.1
Ohio	Springfield	40	$27,990	0.8
Ohio	Toledo	590	$33,400	1.5
Ohio	Youngstown	300	$25,170	1
Oklahoma	Lawton	100	$32,160	2.6
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,210	$30,960	1.7
Oklahoma	Tulsa	720	$29,180	1.3
Oregon	Bend	130	$32,030	1.7
Oregon	Corvallis	90	$30,050	2.8
Oregon	Eugene	270	$32,750	1.5
Oregon	Medford	140	$29,330	1.4
Oregon	Portland	1,310	$37,420	1
Oregon	Salem	350	$29,230	1.9
Pennsylvania	Allentown	520	$30,480	1.2
Pennsylvania	Altoona	120	$31,110	1.8
Pennsylvania	Erie	230	$29,160	1.6
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	360	$28,030	0.9
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	50	$29,130	0.8
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	280	$32,640	1
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	50	$32,930	1
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	2,580	$31,930	1.1
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1,500	$32,860	1
Pennsylvania	Reading	100	$29,860	0.5
Pennsylvania	Scranton	360	$29,350	1.1
Pennsylvania	State College	130		2.1
Pennsylvania	York	190	$29,360	0.9
Rhode Island	Providence	860	$36,370	1.2
South Carolina	Anderson	120		1.8
South Carolina	Charleston	200	$29,080	0.6
South Carolina	Columbia	400	$32,000	0.9
South Carolina	Florence	120	$26,900	1.2
South Carolina	Greenville	250	$29,280	0.7
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	90	$26,290	0.6
South Carolina	Spartanburg	110	$29,900	0.8
South Carolina	Sumter	70	$24,160	1.9
South Dakota	Rapid City	190	$32,380	2.7
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	360	$29,940	2.2
Tennessee	Chattanooga	290	$29,160	1
Tennessee	Clarksville	80	$31,290	0.9
Tennessee	Jackson	140	$25,750	2.2
Tennessee	Johnson City	190	$28,360	2.2
Tennessee	Kingsport	150	$31,230	1.1
Tennessee	Knoxville	490	$26,400	1.2
Tennessee	Memphis	780	$30,390	1
Tennessee	Nashville	650	$35,220	0.7
Texas	Abilene	100	$30,560	1.4
Texas	Amarillo	110	$28,080	0.9
Texas	Austin	900	$29,250	0.9
Texas	Beaumont	140	$24,830	0.7
Texas	Brownsville	190	$27,450	1.3
Texas	Corpus Christi	240	$25,290	1.1
Texas	Dallas	1,770	$34,820	0.7
Texas	El Paso	290	$31,390	0.9
Texas	Fort Worth	750	$29,030	0.7
Texas	Houston	2,730	$33,360	0.8
Texas	Killeen	160	$32,360	1.1
Texas	Laredo	160	$19,920	1.7
Texas	Longview	100	$29,540	0.9
Texas	Lubbock	150	$23,200	1
Texas	Mcallen	320	$24,980	1.2
Texas	Odessa	40	$32,080	0.6
Texas	San Angelo	50	$27,020	1.2
Texas	San Antonio	1,200	$30,910	1.1
Texas	Sherman	60	$25,940	1.4
Texas	Texarkana	120	$32,510	2
Texas	Tyler	250	$27,030	2.4
Texas	Victoria	70	$22,480	1.4
Texas	Waco	90	$33,260	0.8
Texas	Wichita Falls	100	$25,900	1.6
Utah	Logan	50	$30,470	1
Utah	Ogden	340	$26,730	1.4
Utah	Provo	240	$27,180	1.2
Utah	Salt Lake City	1,160	$30,850	1.5
Vermont	Burlington	210	$34,880	1.6
Virginia	Blacksburg	60	$30,310	0.9
Virginia	Charlottesville	190	$38,160	1.8
Virginia	Harrisonburg	110	$39,170	1.9
Virginia	Lynchburg	80	$27,060	0.7
Virginia	Richmond	640	$33,180	0.9
Virginia	Roanoke	190	$34,140	1
Virginia	Virginia Beach	910	$32,470	1
Virginia	Winchester	70	$36,870	1.2
Washington	Bellingham	150	$32,090	1.7
Washington	Bremerton	170	$35,170	1.8
Washington	Kennewick	110	$32,560	1.1
Washington	Longview	50	$36,320	1.5
Washington	Mount Vernon	120	$36,930	2.5
Washington	Olympia	120	$33,530	1.1
Washington	Seattle	1,980	$38,560	1.1
Washington	Spokane	350	$30,160	1.4
Washington	Tacoma	510	$35,820	1.5
Washington	Wenatchee	70	$35,200	1.7
Washington	Yakima	270	$31,240	3
West Virginia	Charleston	200	$24,840	1.2
West Virginia	Huntington	350	$29,250	2.6
West Virginia	Parkersburg	60	$23,610	0.8
West Virginia	Weirton	50	$29,850	1.1
West Virginia	Wheeling	90	$27,930	1.3
Wisconsin	Appleton	150	$27,900	1.1
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	180	$31,350	2.1
Wisconsin	Fond	70	$29,810	1.5
Wisconsin	Green Bay	200	$34,530	1
Wisconsin	Janesville	180	$27,800	2.5
Wisconsin	Madison	490	$42,800	1.2
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,020	$37,640	1
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	130	$29,790	1.3
Wisconsin	Racine	50	$36,610	0.6
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	50	$34,070	0.8
Wisconsin	Wausau	60	$34,860	0.8
Wyoming	Casper	60	$29,350	1.5
Wyoming	Cheyenne	70	$33,810	1.5

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