The highest-paying states for medical records specialists (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 specialists in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $64,760, New Jersey is the highest paying state for medical records specialists. It is followed by Hawaii (average annual salary $63,650). 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 specialists in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $64,760 |
$40,320 | 1,470 |
| 2 | Hawaii | $63,650 |
$40,730 | 680 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $62,140 |
$43,950 | 250 |
| 4 | Connecticut | $60,390 |
$40,980 | 1,590 |
| 5 | California | $56,900 |
$36,470 | 21,590 |
| 6 | Maryland | $54,900 |
$36,880 | 3,390 |
| 7 | Washington | $54,850 |
$38,460 | 3,960 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | $52,620 |
$37,880 | 3,500 |
| 9 | Minnesota | $51,810 |
$40,400 | 3,190 |
| 10 | Alaska | $51,290 |
$40,520 | 1,350 |
| 11 | Oregon | $50,680 |
$37,850 | 2,170 |
| 12 | South Carolina | $50,640 |
$31,010 | 2,780 |
| 13 | Colorado | $50,000 |
$34,110 | 2,340 |
| 14 | Wisconsin | $49,750 |
$36,340 | 4,040 |
| 15 | New York | $49,390 |
$36,240 | 9,130 |
| 16 | Wyoming | $49,370 |
$34,300 | 360 |
| 17 | Rhode Island | $49,310 |
$36,900 | 620 |
| 18 | Virginia | $48,550 |
$34,320 | 4,550 |
| 19 | Illinois | $48,510 |
$33,950 | 5,460 |
| 20 | Vermont | $48,290 |
$36,400 | 440 |
| 21 | Missouri | $48,070 |
$30,630 | 3,520 |
| 22 | Maine | $47,470 |
$35,360 | 1,240 |
| 23 | South Dakota | $47,330 |
$32,160 | 1,130 |
| 24 | Tennessee | $47,190 |
$30,990 | 4,510 |
| 25 | Louisiana | $46,830 |
$30,020 | 2,250 |
| 26 | North Dakota | $46,800 |
$35,980 | 470 |
| 27 | Oklahoma | $46,610 |
$30,320 | 2,100 |
| 28 | Iowa | $46,590 |
$35,100 | 2,420 |
| 29 | Idaho | $46,550 |
$34,900 | 1,460 |
| 30 | Indiana | $46,220 |
$30,750 | 3,670 |
| 31 | Nebraska | $46,120 |
$32,900 | 1,770 |
| 32 | Ohio | $46,070 |
$32,600 | 7,980 |
| 33 | Utah | $46,000 |
$31,830 | 1,310 |
| 34 | Delaware | $45,870 |
$31,090 | 440 |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | $45,660 |
$35,400 | 9,600 |
| 36 | North Carolina | $45,200 |
$30,700 | 5,240 |
| 37 | New Mexico | $45,100 |
$31,330 | 1,340 |
| 38 | New Hampshire | $44,680 |
$31,640 | 840 |
| 39 | Florida | $44,560 |
$30,680 | 14,980 |
| 40 | Virgin Islands | $43,790 |
$29,560 | 30 |
| 41 | Kansas | $43,440 |
$30,490 | 1,840 |
| 42 | Montana | $43,250 |
$32,500 | 790 |
| 43 | Kentucky | $42,640 |
$30,040 | 4,210 |
| 44 | Michigan | $42,630 |
$31,830 | 4,070 |
| 45 | Georgia | $41,950 |
$29,570 | 4,930 |
| 46 | Arizona | $41,850 |
$31,170 | 4,040 |
| 47 | Texas | $39,410 |
$29,710 | 19,750 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $38,610 |
$27,960 | 1,240 |
| 49 | Nevada | $37,980 |
$28,840 | 1,400 |
| 50 | Alabama | $37,190 |
$25,710 | 2,530 |
| 51 | Mississippi | $36,750 |
$23,350 | 2,020 |
| 52 | Arkansas | $35,460 |
$29,520 | 1,760 |
| 53 | Guam | $30,680 |
$23,210 | 100 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $22,920 |
$18,000 | 1,260 |