National Average

• As she enters in medical codes and compile patient medical data, the typical medical records and health information technician earns a national annual average of $33,880. This works out to approximately $16.29 an hour. Technicians in the 25th percentile -- this means that 25 percent of medical records technicians earn less than this -- make $24,870 a year, while the technicians in the 90th percentile bring in an estimated $51,510.
  
  

Employers by Employee Numbers

• The top three employers with the greatest number of medical records technicians are general hospitals, where the average annual wage is $35,870; physicians' offices, where a medical technician can expect to earn just $28,460 annually; and nursing care facilities, where the typical annual salary for a medical records technician rings in at $33,100.
  
  

Employers by Salary

• Some employers pay much better than the national average. The highest-paying employers of medical records and health information technicians are pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturers, who pay their technicians an average of $61,210, almost double the national average. The next two highest-paying employers are professional and business organizations and the federal government, which pay $45,850 and $45,120, respectively.
  
  

States

• The states with the highest concentration of medical records and health information technicians are South Dakota, Alaska and Mississippi. The respective annual salaries for medical records technicians in these states are $31,310, $39,490, and $26,460. Meanwhile, the highest-paying states are New Jersey, ringing in at $45,750; Hawaii, at $41,340; and the District of Columbia, at $41,290.