--- title: "Health Information Technologist and Medical Registrar" description: "Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized…" canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-information-technologist-and-medical-registrar" last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z" --- # Health Information Technologist and Medical Registrar **Category:** Healthcare Practitioners and Technical · **SOC code:** 29-9021 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 29-9021.00 Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems. Abstract, collect, and analyze treatment and followup information of patients. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the healthcare information system. May design, develop, test, and implement databases with complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status to help monitor diseases. Also advertised as: Medical Records Analyst; Medical Records Director. ## At a glance - **Median annual wage:** $68,020 (BLS OEWS, May 2025) - **Median hourly wage:** $32.70/hr - **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $39,830 to $117,420, with the middle half between $48,940 and $95,630 - **Total US employment:** 38,100 - **Typical entry education:** Associate's - **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed" - **Projected growth:** +15.9% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035) - **Annual job openings:** 3,000 openings a year - **AI-resilience score:** not scored for this occupation ## Pay National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 38,100 US jobs. | Percentile | Annual wage | | --- | --- | | 10th | $39,830 | | 25th | $48,940 | | 50th (median) | $68,020 | | 75th | $95,630 | | 90th | $117,420 | | Mean (average) | $74,970 | ### 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AR | $93,300 | $107,319 | Not published by BLS | | MN | $90,760 | $92,029 | 1,040 | | CA | $90,750 | $81,964 | 2,920 | | WI | $89,260 | $94,862 | 650 | | WY | $88,560 | $95,543 | 50 | | OR | $86,230 | $83,426 | 660 | | MA | $81,420 | $76,988 | 880 | | ND | $81,170 | $91,244 | 60 | | NH | $81,020 | $77,780 | 170 | | IA | $80,600 | $91,839 | 270 | | MT | $79,140 | $83,618 | 190 | | CO | $78,470 | $76,146 | 370 | | FL | $76,950 | $74,410 | 2,360 | | TX | $76,820 | $79,149 | 2,880 | | CT | $76,140 | $73,487 | 180 | 36 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 51 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-information-technologist-and-medical-registrar/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/health-information-technologist-and-medical-registrar. ## Outlook BLS projects employment to move from 42,000 in the 2025–2035 base year to 48,600 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 6,700 jobs, or +15.9%. Much faster than average: 15.9% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 3,000 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035. ## How to get in - **Typical entry education:** Associate's degree (BLS Employment Projections). - **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed". - **Related work experience typically required:** None. - **Typical on-the-job training:** None. ## What the work involves - Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software. - Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds. - Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability. - Develop in-service educational materials. - Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems. - Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization. - Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems. - Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department. ## 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 Conventional (C), Investigative (I), Social (S). | Interest area | Score (1–7) | | --- | --- | | C — Conventional | 5.95 | | I — Investigative | 5.17 | | S — Social | 3.83 | | R — Realistic | 2.58 | | E — Enterprising | 2.20 | | A — Artistic | 1.18 | ### 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 | 79.1 | | ISFJ | 76.3 | | ESTJ | 70.2 | | INTJ | 63.8 | | ESFJ | 61.3 | Best-fitting types: ISTJ, ISFJ. ## Related occupations O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order. - [Medical Records Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-records-specialist) — median $51,140 - [Clinical Data Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/clinical-data-manager) — median $120,230 - [Health Informatics Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/health-informatics-specialist) — median $105,850 - [Patient Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/patient-representative) — median $50,290 - [Document Management Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/document-management-specialist) — median $116,580 - [Statistical Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/statistical-assistant) — median $50,330 - [Computer Systems Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-analyst) — median $105,850 - [Database Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-administrator) — median $104,620 - [Clinical Research Coordinator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/clinical-research-coordinator) — median $167,220 - [Administrative Services Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/administrative-services-manager) — median $114,130 ## Sources - **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 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, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/ - **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 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 --- This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology JSON representation of this page: https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/health-information-technologist-and-medical-registrar