Healthcare Practitioners

Health Information Technicians

SOC 29-2071

Manage and maintain patient health records for accuracy and compliance.

The job

Median pay

$51k

$43k to $65k typical range

BLS figure for Medical Records Specialists

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing fast

+7.8% projected

BLS figure for Medical Records Specialists

Openings a year

14k

BLS figure for Medical Records Specialists

Typical education

Associate's

Our model

AI displacement risk

Moderate

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

9/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

47th pct

More exposed than 47% of occupations · modeled estimate

Future-proof

58/100

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Key skills

EHR systems
Coding
Data quality
Detail
Privacy regulation

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Florida	21,490	2.2	1.7×	$46k
California	18,700	1.0	0.8×	$62k
Texas	17,210	1.2	1.0×	$49k
New York	9,080	0.9	0.8×	$62k
Ohio	7,440	1.3	1.1×	$51k
Pennsylvania	6,970	1.1	0.9×	$47k
North Carolina	6,760	1.4	1.1×	$50k
Georgia	5,930	1.2	1.0×	$52k
Indiana	5,860	1.8	1.5×	$48k
Illinois	5,740	0.9	0.8×	$56k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Washington	5,010	1.4	1.1×	$62k
Michigan	4,890	1.1	0.9×	$48k
Virginia	4,630	1.1	0.9×	$53k
New Jersey	4,450	1.0	0.8×	$50k
Tennessee	4,440	1.4	1.1×	$49k
Kentucky	4,210	2.1	1.7×	$48k
Missouri	3,890	1.3	1.1×	$51k
Arizona	3,750	1.2	0.9×	$48k
Massachusetts	3,500	1.0	0.8×	$60k
Minnesota	3,150	1.1	0.8×	$62k
Wisconsin	2,870	1.0	0.8×	$60k
South Carolina	2,750	1.2	0.9×	$54k
Louisiana	2,600	1.3	1.1×	$45k
Oregon	2,560	1.3	1.0×	$59k
Oklahoma	2,480	1.5	1.2×	$53k
Maryland	2,440	0.9	0.7×	$54k
Nevada	2,350	1.5	1.2×	$50k
Alabama	2,330	1.1	0.9×	$44k
Mississippi	2,310	2.0	1.6×	$42k
Iowa	2,250	1.4	1.1×	$51k
Kansas	2,030	1.4	1.1×	$48k
Arkansas	1,920	1.5	1.2×	$42k
Utah	1,910	1.1	0.9×	$53k
Colorado	1,780	0.6	0.5×	$59k
Nebraska	1,640	1.6	1.3×	$52k
Idaho	1,490	1.7	1.4×	$53k
New Mexico	1,400	1.6	1.3×	$57k
West Virginia	1,260	1.8	1.4×	$47k
Connecticut	1,120	0.7	0.5×	$61k
Alaska	1,070	3.3	2.6×	$61k
Maine	1,000	1.6	1.3×	$52k
New Hampshire	930	1.4	1.1×	$49k
South Dakota	900	2.0	1.6×	$52k
Montana	820	1.6	1.3×	$50k
Rhode Island	650	1.3	1.0×	$64k
Delaware	610	1.3	1.0×	$56k
North Dakota	520	1.2	1.0×	$46k
Vermont	431	1.4	1.1×	$58k~
Hawaii	400	0.6	0.5×	$63k
Wyoming	280	1.0	0.8×	$54k
Washington DC	270	0.4	0.3×	$72k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ8,090 jobs · $61k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,240 jobs · $59k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,210 jobs · $52k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,530 jobs · $49k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN4,510 jobs · $58k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,680 jobs · $51k median
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,260 jobs · $50k median
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,830 jobs · $66k median

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BLS does not publish this occupation on its own. Pay and outlook here are BLS's figures for Medical Records Specialists (SOC 29-2072), the occupation it is grouped with, so the real figures for this job could sit either side of them. Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.