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title: "Health Informatics Specialist"
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# Health Informatics Specialist

**Category:** Computer and Mathematical · **SOC code:** 15-1211 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 15-1211.01

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

Also advertised as: Clinical Electronic Health Record Nurse (Clinical EHR Nurse); Clinical Informaticist; Clinical Informatics Analyst; Clinical Informatics Nurse; Clinical Informatics Specialist; Health Informaticist; Nursing Informatics Officer; Nursing Informatics Specialist.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $105,850 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $50.89/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $67,340 to $167,710, with the middle half between $82,860 and $134,110
- **Total US employment:** 519,530
- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's
- **Preparation required:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +8.7% over 2024–2034 (BLS EP, 2024–2034)
- **Annual job openings:** 34,200 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 24/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 519,530 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $67,340 |
| 25th | $82,860 |
| 50th (median) | $105,850 |
| 75th | $134,110 |
| 90th | $167,710 |
| Mean (average) | $114,610 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RI | $134,630 | $131,629 | 1,850 |
| WA | $129,410 | $120,929 | 24,120 |
| MA | $128,240 | $121,259 | 22,160 |
| CO | $127,750 | $123,967 | 6,230 |
| CA | $127,720 | $115,354 | 59,060 |
| NJ | $122,890 | $112,945 | 16,520 |
| OR | $121,620 | $117,665 | 5,640 |
| VA | $120,840 | $119,520 | 23,190 |
| DC | $116,820 | $106,296 | 2,480 |
| MD | $113,610 | $108,242 | 15,340 |
| DE | $110,560 | $110,773 | 2,140 |
| WY | $109,780 | $118,437 | 310 |
| NY | $109,610 | $101,565 | 24,100 |
| CT | $109,600 | $105,781 | 4,800 |
| NH | $107,670 | $103,365 | 2,090 |

38 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 53 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-informatics-specialist/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/health-informatics-specialist.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 521,100 in the 2024–2034 base year to 566,500 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 45,500 jobs, or +8.7%. Much faster than average: 8.7% against 3.1% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 34,200 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2024–2034.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Bachelor's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Considerable preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Master's Degree | 52.4% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 19.1% |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 9.5% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 4.8% |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 4.8% |
| Post-Master's Certificate | 4.8% |

## What the work involves

- Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
- Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.
- Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.
- Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
- Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
- Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists.
- Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.
- Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Reading Comprehension — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Listening — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Complex Problem Solving — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Analysis — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Systems Evaluation — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Instructing — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Computers and Electronics — importance 4.2 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Medicine and Dentistry — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Education and Training — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Customer and Personal Service — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Written Comprehension — importance 4.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Inductive Reasoning — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Investigative (I), Conventional (C), Social (S).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| I — Investigative | 6.29 |
| C — Conventional | 4.71 |
| S — Social | 4.52 |
| R — Realistic | 2.84 |
| E — Enterprising | 2.08 |
| A — Artistic | 1.99 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 66.3 |
| INTJ | 65.7 |
| ISFJ | 64.3 |
| INFJ | 60.5 |
| ISTP | 56.1 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ, INTJ, ISFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Health Information Technologist and Medical Registrar](https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-information-technologist-and-medical-registrar) — median $68,020
- [Medical and Health Services Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-and-health-services-manager) — median $123,860
- [Clinical Data Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/clinical-data-manager) — median $120,230
- [Health Education Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-education-specialist) — median $64,070
- [Nurse Practitioner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-practitioner) — median $132,300
- [Medical Records Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-records-specialist) — median $51,140
- [Patient Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/patient-representative) — median $50,290
- [Clinical Research Coordinator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/clinical-research-coordinator) — median $167,220
- [Social Science Research Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/social-science-research-assistant) — median $61,990
- [Computer Systems Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-analyst) — median $105,850

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 30.3 Database, May 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2024–2034. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2024–2034 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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