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Highest Paying Industries for Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

The top 100 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $55,270, legal services is the highest paying industry for medical records and health information technicians. It is followed by educational services - local government owned industry (average annual salary $51,730). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of medical records and health information technicians in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Medical Records and Health Information Technicians

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Legal Services	$55,270	$17,880	n/a
2	Educational Services - Local government owned	$51,730	$18,860	150
3	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$47,790	$30,300	40
4	Chemical Manufacturing	$47,790	$30,300	40
5	Federal government, including USPS	$47,010	$34,790	5,280
6	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$47,010	$34,790	5,280
7	Manufacturing	$45,580	$30,230	40
8	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$44,520	$27,180	150
9	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$44,520	$27,190	150
10	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$44,210	$31,990	260
11	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$43,480	$28,220	8,720
12	Federal, State, and Local Government	$43,480	$28,220	8,720
13	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$43,450	$27,450	3,690
14	Other Insurance Related Activities	$42,980	$27,050	790
15	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$42,950	$27,060	800
16	Finance and Insurance	$42,520	$29,030	2,090
17	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$42,460	$27,450	690
18	Educational Services - Privately owned	$42,320	$27,320	740
19	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$42,270	$28,920	2,050
20	Insurance Carriers	$41,970	$30,800	1,250
21	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$41,840	$31,200	1,170
22	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$41,640	$26,150	470
23	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$41,600	$27,330	2,560
24	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$41,470	$28,800	510
25	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$41,440	$26,130	470
26	Hospitals - State government owned	$41,400	$26,730	3,450
27	Scientific Research and Development Services	$41,090	$28,970	560
28	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$40,940	$27,330	2,310
29	Educational Services	$40,670	$26,840	2,410
30	Wholesale Trade	$40,560	$25,420	560
31	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$40,260	$25,020	23,230
32	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$40,150	$21,800	300
33	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$40,070	$26,440	5,290
34	State government, including schools and hospitals	$39,510	$25,580	6,860
35	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$39,410	$25,490	8,990
36	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$39,180	$23,480	630
37	Educational Services - State government owned	$39,030	$26,920	1,520
38	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$39,000	$26,910	1,520
39	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$38,390	$25,070	54,950
40	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$38,260	$24,830	66,860
41	Hospitals - Privately owned	$38,140	$25,030	58,730
42	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$38,090	$24,830	71,560
43	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$37,360	$27,320	40
44	Offices of Dentists	$37,160	$25,950	670
45	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$37,060	$24,210	3,810
46	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$36,850	$24,170	430
47	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$36,460	$22,730	11,090
48	Hospitals - Local government owned	$36,430	$22,740	9,380
49	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$36,420	$22,730	9,340
50	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$36,130	$25,720	2,760
51	Health and Personal Care Stores	$35,920	$23,630	490
52	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$35,750	$22,820	1,560
53	Retail Trade	$35,630	$23,470	530
54	Temporary Help Services	$35,340	$21,110	2,120
55	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$35,330	$21,190	1,880
56	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$35,260	$24,000	12,690
57	Employment Services	$35,090	$21,250	2,520
58	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$35,080	$25,520	2,490
59	Health Care and Social Assistance	$35,050	$22,970	144,400
60	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$35,030	$22,670	1,940
61	Pharmacies and Drug Stores	$34,940	$23,610	330
62	Office Administrative Services	$34,830	$23,820	4,980
63	Administrative and Support Services	$34,760	$22,670	10,970
64	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$34,760	$22,670	10,970
65	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$34,750	$22,950	1,050
66	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$34,710	$23,530	15,740
67	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$34,130	$22,480	1,130
68	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$33,950	$19,020	50
69	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$33,770	$21,710	n/a
70	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$33,540	$22,320	1,290
71	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$33,490	$23,070	1,920
72	Business Support Services	$33,450	$23,160	n/a
73	Outpatient Care Centers	$33,380	$22,260	7,160
74	Nonstore Retailers	$32,740	$22,400	40
75	Home Health Care Services	$32,560	$22,050	5,190
76	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$32,240	$23,610	1,460
77	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$32,240	$17,400	90
78	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$32,170	$23,630	170
79	Facilities Support Services	$32,080	$20,670	200
80	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$31,960	$21,820	630
81	Individual and Family Services	$31,810	$21,990	750
82	Social Assistance	$31,710	$21,520	830
83	Information	$31,640	$25,590	480
84	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$31,590	$21,690	56,270
85	Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	$31,520	$25,880	n/a
86	Rental and Leasing Services	$31,450	$21,270	70
87	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$31,450	$21,270	70
88	Offices of Physicians	$31,060	$21,470	39,090
89	Consumer Goods Rental	$31,040	$21,150	70
90	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$30,940	$20,190	130
91	Offices of Optometrists	$30,640	$21,150	250
92	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$30,450	$21,350	1,570
93	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$30,420	$21,740	640
94	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$30,420	$21,450	960
95	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$30,410	$20,960	310
96	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$30,300	$21,480	30
97	Other Residential Care Facilities	$29,490	$20,830	180
98	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$29,080	$20,560	1,470
99	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$29,050	$21,130	500
100	Offices of Chiropractors	$28,630	$21,780	50