Highest-paying Cities for Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for medical records and health information technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of medical records and health information technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $64,170, Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey is the highest paying city for medical records and health information technicians. It is followed by Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey (average annual salary $60,420). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of medical records and health information technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$64,170	$43,610	60
2	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$60,420	$35,640	390
3	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$59,240	$36,800	670
4	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$59,200	$30,520	30
5	Danbury, Connecticut	$58,150	$36,270	70
6	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$56,290	$36,320	910
7	North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$56,020	$33,760	n/a
8	Longview, Washington	$55,520	$34,280	90
9	Iowa City, Iowa	$55,440	$38,140	380
10	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$53,710	$30,700	1,660
11	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$53,170	$28,760	40
12	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$53,060	$32,690	810
13	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$53,040	$31,890	190
14	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$53,030	$32,890	1,700
15	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$52,430	$33,270	2,860
16	Redding, California	$52,090	$30,620	110
17	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$52,000	$34,340	1,060
18	Danville, Illinois	$51,920	$33,390	50
19	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$51,700	$32,190	1,710
20	Camden, New Jersey	$51,480	$39,480	240
21	Yuba City, California	$51,370	$32,230	50
22	Corvallis, Oregon	$51,180	$41,540	40
23	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,900	$33,130	2,810
24	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$50,700	$41,900	70
25	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$50,700	$34,420	40
26	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$50,350	$30,270	2,600
27	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$50,200	$32,110	130
28	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$49,990	$35,600	1,350
29	Waterbury, Connecticut	$49,690	$28,170	60
30	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,540	$32,620	4,040
31	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$49,180	$35,670	2,860
32	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$49,160	$30,980	540
33	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,090	$32,230	2,020
34	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$48,940	$31,670	520
35	Framingham, Massachusetts	$48,800	$32,700	110
36	Gainesville, Florida	$48,790	$32,190	360
37	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$48,540	$33,800	80
38	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$48,220	$32,810	80
39	Honolulu, Hawaii	$48,140	$32,460	450
40	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$48,050	$32,440	320
41	Olympia, Washington	$47,910	$31,410	250
42	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$47,720	$30,490	2,870
43	Pueblo, Colorado	$47,600	$33,970	90
44	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$47,600	$32,040	320
45	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$47,440	$31,370	8,540
46	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$47,410	$34,940	40
47	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$47,390	$33,510	70
48	Stockton, California	$47,350	$28,690	280
49	Salinas, California	$47,310	$32,410	250
50	Greeley, Colorado	$47,210	$33,190	80
51	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$47,170	$29,890	140
52	St Marys County, Maryland	$47,160	$33,820	30
53	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$46,910	$34,720	70
54	Carson City, Nevada	$46,900	$33,470	40
55	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$46,790	$29,480	2,010
56	Merced, California	$46,710	$29,540	80
57	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$46,690	$33,630	260
58	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,640	$29,680	2,010
59	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$46,570	$27,020	120
60	Kingston, New York	$46,560	$29,740	50
61	St Cloud, Minnesota	$46,510	$33,950	160
62	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$46,490	$33,540	140
63	New Haven, Connecticut	$46,460	$33,470	420
64	Duluth, Wisconsin	$46,420	$38,500	200
65	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$46,360	$33,220	2,250
66	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$46,260	$32,740	140
67	Fairbanks, Alaska	$46,170	$33,980	110
68	Rochester, Minnesota	$46,160	$34,560	600
69	Memphis, Tennessee	$46,140	$26,830	1,080
70	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$46,090	$28,690	1,590
71	Worcester, Massachusetts	$45,920	$28,220	420
72	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$45,880	$33,410	2,650
73	Anchorage, Alaska	$45,860	$32,840	450
74	St Joseph, Missouri	$45,840	$29,900	110
75	Madison, Wisconsin	$45,800	$33,690	690
76	Fargo, North Dakota	$45,640	$30,060	170
77	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$45,640	$30,740	770
78	Napa, California	$45,590	$33,460	100
79	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$45,460	$26,610	400
80	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$45,440	$32,190	170
81	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$45,440	$32,310	80
82	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$45,420	$32,670	70
83	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$45,420	$29,950	1,290
84	Jackson, Michigan	$45,400	$28,520	90
85	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$45,390	$32,470	50
86	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$45,340	$29,390	600
87	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$45,200	$26,570	240
88	Charlottesville, Virginia	$45,000	$29,260	220
89	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$44,770	$29,470	240
90	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$44,600	$30,410	4,360
91	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$44,520	$31,990	100
92	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$44,480	$27,910	150
93	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$44,450	$31,350	3,350
94	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$44,390	$28,200	4,400
95	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$44,310	$34,020	270
96	North Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$44,310	$27,870	120
97	Wilmington, New Jersey	$44,170	$29,740	450
98	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$44,120	$28,710	2,860
99	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$44,110	$25,050	180
100	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$44,090	$28,280	770

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