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Employment Overview

Health information technicians in the US number about 170,000. Workers generally expect a low unemployment rate. There were about 3% of employees without jobs in 2006.

Flexibility

Whether by choice or necessity, 13% of health information technicians work part-time.

Education

Obtaining an associate degree will help job seekers. Employees with four or more years of college are 12% of the total. An estimated 51% of health information technicians attended college at some level but did not pursue a 4-year degree. High school was enough education for 37% of workers.

Local Outlook

Where are jobs most numerous? New Bedford (Massachusetts), Pittsfield (Massachusetts), and Flagstaff (Arizona). Least common? Edison (New Jersey), Newark (New Jersey), and Atlantic City (New Jersey). Salaries vary across the country, from highest in Waterbury (Connecticut), San Jose (California), and Newark (New Jersey) to lowest in Lubbock (Texas), Shreveport (Louisiana), and Valdosta (Georgia).

Detailed local employment conditions for Health Information Technicians in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Health Information Technicians

Employment info for Health Information Technicians, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston0.9550$27,000
AlabamaAuburn1.0650$25,000
AlabamaBirmingham1.731,100$27,000
AlabamaDecatur1.0460$26,000
AlabamaDothan2.21160$22,000
AlabamaFlorence1.4380$24,000
AlabamaGadsden1.7960$22,000
AlabamaHuntsville1.11260$26,000
AlabamaMobile1.61340$25,000
AlabamaMontgomery1.11220$24,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.76160$28,000
AlaskaAnchorage1.72320$35,000
AlaskaFairbanks2.1570$38,000
ArizonaFlagstaff3.84220$29,000
ArizonaPhoenix1.22,830$30,000
ArizonaPrescott1.1480$26,000
ArizonaTucson1.71780$28,000
ArizonaYuma1.0570$26,000
ArkansasFayetteville0.64150$34,000
ArkansasFort Smith1.2160$23,000
ArkansasHot Springs1.3250$30,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.1760$27,000
ArkansasLittle Rock1.19480$32,000
ArkansasPine Bluff1.6660$25,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.86270$30,000
CaliforniaChico1.49120$27,000
CaliforniaEl Centro1.370$29,000
CaliforniaFresno1.05420$29,000
CaliforniaHanford2.0570$34,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.884,540$34,000
CaliforniaMadera0.8130$28,000
CaliforniaMerced0.9360
CaliforniaModesto1.34260$28,000
CaliforniaOakland0.69880$40,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.49180$34,000
CaliforniaRedding1.2190$32,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.55900$32,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.54600$36,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.9160$39,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.891,470$32,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.72870$42,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.62700$44,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo1.18140$31,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.71,340$38,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1.17230$34,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz0.8280$31,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1.23280$32,000
CaliforniaStockton0.76190$37,000
CaliforniaVallejo1.54220$36,000
CaliforniaVisalia0.76120$31,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.3960$32,000
ColoradoBoulder0.65120$39,000
ColoradoColorado Springs1.4430$31,000
ColoradoDenver1.111,700$36,000
ColoradoFort Collins1.54220$34,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.58100$32,000
ColoradoGreeley0.5950$34,000
ColoradoPueblo1.77100$33,000
ConnecticutBridgeport0.6320$34,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.0380$36,000
ConnecticutHartford0.74520$36,000
ConnecticutNew Haven0.66220$35,000
ConnecticutNorwich0.78110$38,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.28100$45,000
DelawareWilmington0.9360$32,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.671,930$38,000
FloridaCape Coral1.2310$32,000
FloridaDeltona1.07200$30,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.75690$33,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach0.8980$32,000
FloridaGainesville1.49190$36,000
FloridaJacksonville1.16870$30,000
FloridaLakeland0.88210$27,000
FloridaMiami0.91,110$30,000
FloridaNaples0.5380$30,000
FloridaOcala1.09120$30,000
FloridaOrlando0.7920$29,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.1260$29,000
FloridaPanama City0.6550$30,000
FloridaPensacola1.64300$26,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.11170$32,000
FloridaPunta Gorda2.57110$29,000
FloridaSarasota1.06360$30,000
FloridaTallahassee0.83160$29,000
FloridaTampa0.891,390$31,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.27880$33,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.69110$21,000
GeorgiaAthens0.7260$26,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.72,090$31,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.49360$31,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.26160$28,000
GeorgiaGainesville1.1180$26,000
GeorgiaMacon1.41160$27,000
GeorgiaRome3.37130$24,000
GeorgiaSavannah0.9160$27,000
GeorgiaValdosta2.25120$18,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.75390$38,000
IdahoBoise1.09350$31,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene1.2970$26,000
IdahoPocatello1.5650$27,000
IllinoisBloomington1.38100$29,000
IllinoisChampaign0.9290$30,000
IllinoisChicago1.125,370$31,000
IllinoisPeoria1.39270$27,000
IllinoisRockford1.65290$26,000
IllinoisSpringfield0.86100$26,000
IndianaAnderson1.7570$33,000
IndianaBloomington1.69130$26,000
IndianaColumbus1.3860$28,000
IndianaElkhart0.5380$27,000
IndianaEvansville1.65340$27,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.25320$29,000
IndianaGary1.46490$28,000
IndianaIndianapolis1.051,150$32,000
IndianaKokomo1.2660$30,000
IndianaLafayette1.2100$30,000
IndianaMichigan City1.5370$26,000
IndianaMuncie3.12160$26,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.67270$27,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.74130$30,000
IowaAmes2.5100$24,000
IowaCedar Rapids1.09170$27,000
IowaDavenport1.04220$25,000
IowaDes Moines1.47570$31,000
IowaDubuque1.0460$23,000
IowaIowa City1.0580$36,000
IowaSioux City1.41110$25,000
IowaWaterloo1.09100$30,000
KansasTopeka1.38170$31,000
KansasWichita1.43520$27,000
KentuckyBowling Green0.8350$29,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.5270$33,000
KentuckyLexington1.2350$34,000
KentuckyLouisville1.28960$31,000
KentuckyOwensboro1.3770$27,000
LouisianaAlexandria2.05130$26,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge1.17510$26,000
LouisianaHouma0.8590$25,000
LouisianaLafayette1.07170$26,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.22120$26,000
LouisianaMonroe1.29110$26,000
LouisianaNew Orleans0.57350$27,000
LouisianaShreveport1.62320$23,000
MaineBangor1.85130$33,000
MaineLewiston1.1560$31,000
MainePortland1.03240$31,000
MarylandBaltimore0.951,510$38,000
MarylandBethesda0.49340$40,000
MarylandCumberland1.3650$25,000
MarylandHagerstown1.05120$33,000
MarylandSalisbury1.6190$32,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town2.63300$34,000
MassachusettsBoston1.292,730$36,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.93190$32,000
MassachusettsFramingham0.65120$41,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.38120$30,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.71110$31,000
MassachusettsLeominster1.370$29,000
MassachusettsLowell0.95130$33,000
MassachusettsLynn2.28260$34,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford4.98340$22,000
MassachusettsPittsfield4.02150$31,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.29470$34,000
MassachusettsWorcester1.56470$33,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.83370$37,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.1260$34,000
MichiganDetroit0.77700$36,000
MichiganFlint1.67280$33,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.16540$33,000
MichiganHolland0.5870$30,000
MichiganJackson1.5190$35,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.09180$31,000
MichiganLansing0.88210$30,000
MichiganMonroe1.2150$27,000
MichiganMuskegon2.06140$24,000
MichiganNiles1.280$25,000
MichiganSaginaw1.09100$36,000
MichiganWarren0.721,040$33,000
MinnesotaDuluth1.5220$35,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis1.022,300$36,000
MinnesotaRochester1.82170$40,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.07120$32,000
MississippiGulfport1.59190$27,000
MississippiHattiesburg2.38150$22,000
MississippiJackson1.82550$28,000
MississippiPascagoula0.6530$26,000
MissouriColumbia3.51320$27,000
MissouriJefferson City1.0480$32,000
MissouriJoplin1.61140$25,000
MissouriKansas City1.451,830$31,000
MissouriSpringfield1.66380$28,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.94100$27,000
MissouriSt Louis1.472,470$30,000
MontanaBillings1.99180$30,000
MontanaGreat Falls3.11110$27,000
MontanaMissoula1.5690$29,000
NebraskaLincoln1.73320$30,000
NebraskaOmaha1.58880$31,000
NevadaCarson City1.3540$34,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.78910$34,000
NevadaReno0.85220$32,000
New HampshireManchester1.77200$30,000
New HampshireNashua0.94150$30,000
New HampshirePortsmouth0.9560$33,000
New HampshireRochester1.69100$34,000
New JerseyAtlantic City0.3150$40,000
New JerseyCamden0.66430$42,000
New JerseyEdison0.38480$42,000
New JerseyNewark0.34420$43,000
New JerseyTrenton0.5130$38,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque0.79370$32,000
New MexicoFarmington1.4480$29,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.55100$21,000
New MexicoSanta Fe1.3780$33,000
New YorkAlbany1.15610$30,000
New YorkBinghamton1.04130$24,000
New YorkBuffalo0.77500$37,000
New YorkElmira1.0240$30,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.160$28,000
New YorkKingston1.69110$31,000
New YorkNassau0.771,190$38,000
New YorkNew York0.623,870$40,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.39400$33,000
New YorkRochester1.31800$30,000
New YorkSyracuse1.48540$34,000
New YorkUtica1.3190$27,000
North CarolinaAsheville1.91400$28,000
North CarolinaBurlington0.6340$27,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.7750$30,000
North CarolinaDurham1.14360$36,000
North CarolinaFayetteville1.24170$30,000
North CarolinaGoldsboro1.1950$26,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.57260$28,000
North CarolinaGreenville2.33180$27,000
North CarolinaHickory1.02200$26,000
North CarolinaRaleigh1.46900$29,000
North CarolinaRocky Mount1.53100$22,000
North CarolinaWilmington1.08180$29,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem1.59410$30,000
North DakotaBismarck1.3380$30,000
North DakotaGrand Forks1.88100$34,000
OhioAkron0.76310$31,000
OhioCanton1.34270$26,000
OhioCincinnati11,280$33,000
OhioCleveland0.951,260$35,000
OhioColumbus0.83940$30,000
OhioDayton1.35650$30,000
OhioLima1.88110$28,000
OhioMansfield1.2470$30,000
OhioSandusky0.8230$31,000
OhioSpringfield0.9650$27,000
OhioToledo1.74680$32,000
OhioYoungstown0.84240$28,000
OklahomaLawton2.92110$30,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.531,060$31,000
OklahomaTulsa1.45750$28,000
OregonBend1.58120$30,000
OregonCorvallis2.2570$29,000
OregonEugene1.6280$30,000
OregonMedford2.02190$28,000
OregonPortland11,280$36,000
OregonSalem1.5260$28,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.24500$31,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.95130$29,000
PennsylvaniaErie1.13170$30,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1360$27,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown0.6440$27,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.08300$33,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon1.6780$32,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.12,530$32,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.31,830$31,000
PennsylvaniaReading0.4790$30,000
PennsylvaniaScranton0.93290$29,000
PennsylvaniaState College0.7750$33,000
PennsylvaniaYork0.81170$30,000
Rhode IslandProvidence1.06760$34,000
South CarolinaCharleston0.92320$26,000
South CarolinaColumbia0.88370$30,000
South CarolinaFlorence1.02100$26,000
South CarolinaGreenville0.7260$26,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.73100$25,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg0.77110$29,000
South CarolinaSumter1.6860$25,000
South DakotaRapid City2.99200$32,000
South DakotaSioux Falls2.23350$29,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.32350$27,000
TennesseeClarksville1.41120$29,000
TennesseeCleveland1.0240$26,000
TennesseeJackson3.42200$24,000
TennesseeJohnson City2.71230$26,000
TennesseeKingsport1.08140$30,000
TennesseeKnoxville1.3520$26,000
TennesseeMemphis0.96740$28,000
TennesseeMorristown0.630$26,000
TennesseeNashville0.9850$31,000
TexasAbilene1.2280$32,000
TexasAmarillo0.88100$29,000
TexasAustin0.77710$27,000
TexasBeaumont0.82150$24,000
TexasBrownsville1.21170$26,000
TexasCorpus Christi1.14230$25,000
TexasDallas0.691,760$34,000
TexasEl Paso0.68210$31,000
TexasFort Worth0.71730$27,000
TexasHouston0.782,440$34,000
TexasKilleen0.99130$31,000
TexasLongview0.5860$33,000
TexasLubbock1.89250$22,000
TexasMcallen1.09270$25,000
TexasSan Angelo1.2350$30,000
TexasSan Antonio0.9900$31,000
TexasSherman1.9280$23,000
TexasTexarkana1.87100$33,000
TexasTyler2.44250$26,000
TexasVictoria1.4170$26,000
TexasWaco0.7380$28,000
TexasWichita Falls1.99120$23,000
UtahLogan1.3560$28,000
UtahOgden1.59360$27,000
UtahProvo1.36270$26,000
UtahSalt Lake City1.591,190$31,000
UtahSt George1.3370$28,000
VermontBurlington2.07260$32,000
VirginiaBlacksburg0.9960$29,000
VirginiaCharlottesville0.8490$30,000
VirginiaDanville0.8130$31,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.3680
VirginiaLynchburg0.95110$29,000
VirginiaRichmond0.86640$30,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.24230$31,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.88820$30,000
VirginiaWinchester1.0560$31,000
WashingtonBellingham1.36120$32,000
WashingtonBremerton1.58140$35,000
WashingtonKennewick1.03100$32,000
WashingtonLongview1.7260$35,000
WashingtonMount Vernon3.08140$33,000
WashingtonOlympia0.93100$37,000
WashingtonSeattle1.131,990$37,000
WashingtonSpokane1.57390$28,000
WashingtonTacoma1.79580$35,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.6470$35,000
WashingtonYakima2.88260$29,000
West VirginiaCharleston1.35230$25,000
West VirginiaHuntington2.61340$28,000
West VirginiaMorgantown2.57140$25,000
West VirginiaParkersburg0.7960$25,000
West VirginiaWeirton1.3960$30,000
West VirginiaWheeling1.54110$26,000
WisconsinAppleton1.28170$26,000
WisconsinEau Claire2.16180$30,000
WisconsinFond2.0290$29,000
WisconsinGreen Bay1.49290$33,000
WisconsinJanesville2.58190$27,000
WisconsinMadison0.99390$41,000
WisconsinMilwaukee0.67710$37,000
WisconsinOshkosh0.9790$31,000
WisconsinRacine0.760$34,000
WisconsinSheboygan0.9760$33,000
WisconsinWausau0.5340$37,000
WyomingCasper1.5860$28,000
WyomingCheyenne2.41100$32,000

 

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