Medical Records Specialists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Medical Records Specialists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$50,250

National average

Salary Range

$35,780 – $80,950

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Medical Records Specialists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$86,960$54,620$150,600
Vallejo, CA$75,270$46,420$99,480
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$75,210$46,210$116,790
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$73,180$47,840$104,410
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$68,680$36,780$94,990
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$67,790$47,930$99,240
Columbia, SC$65,960$41,470$66,550
District of Columbia$64,690$44,850$123,410
Iowa City, IA$64,020$51,620$77,260
Urban Honolulu, HI$63,680$43,010$88,500
Rhode Island$63,330$43,110$81,290
Hawaii$62,990$41,790$91,140
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$62,670$35,600$77,950
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$62,540$43,540$107,870
Washington$62,250$44,100$96,740
Napa, CA$62,200$44,100$80,620
Corvallis, OR$62,130$43,760$74,160
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$61,740$46,380$82,640
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$61,520$40,830$79,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$61,440$46,670$77,270
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$61,300$46,630$78,610
Cleveland, OH$61,230$40,160$103,650
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$61,200$40,260$85,130
Stockton-Lodi, CA$61,120$41,370$92,120
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$61,080$43,280$92,030
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$60,940$42,140$83,270
Topeka, KS$60,900$40,030$100,770
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$60,830$39,390$78,880
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$60,810$45,440$95,560
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$60,610$37,520$99,470
Nevada$60,530$36,730$94,990
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$60,480$36,980$79,920
Charlottesville, VA$60,460$40,490$73,390
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$59,890$41,680$108,170
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$59,870$44,150$84,220
New York$59,750$40,260$98,910
California$59,700$41,740$104,560
Bismarck, ND$59,540$37,160$95,150
Ann Arbor, MI$59,360$39,230$75,860
Minnesota$59,310$46,630$77,200
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$59,250$46,210$86,260
Maryland$59,140$40,740$107,870
Anchorage, AK$59,120$44,550$84,950
New Haven, CT$58,740$40,460$85,180
South Carolina$58,510$35,740$67,930
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$58,450$34,320$84,040
Alexandria, LA$58,410$31,820$76,060
Longview-Kelso, WA$58,390$40,550$83,600
Connecticut$58,250$37,310$85,140
Fargo, ND-MN$57,940$36,670$75,940
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$57,730$43,670$89,580
Boulder, CO$57,580$46,730$81,190
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$57,520$41,640$83,680
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$57,520$37,770$77,160
Vineland, NJ$57,390$38,390$104,210
Oregon$57,260$40,670$80,720
Massachusetts$57,220$40,830$83,540
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$56,980$40,710$71,600
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$56,940$43,680$80,000
Madison, WI$56,780$41,140$80,030
Alaska$56,740$45,780$84,810
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$56,580$38,060$84,340
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$56,470$40,790$111,090
Worcester, MA$56,350$41,400$90,530
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$56,330$37,700$83,740
Appleton, WI$56,100$47,210$71,630
Cheyenne, WY$56,100$38,610$76,500
Grand Junction, CO$56,020$41,010$70,800
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$55,980$40,850$100,950
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$55,820$42,240$83,500
Kenosha, WI$55,760$48,210$69,160
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$55,730$38,830$83,890
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$55,720$45,410$66,600
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$55,680$38,760$77,220
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$55,640$37,210$80,470
Colorado$55,410$42,640$83,840
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$55,290$39,680$83,930
Springfield, MA$55,280$39,710$76,830
Wisconsin$55,270$41,140$74,590
Bend, OR$55,200$39,740$74,040
Kankakee, IL$54,720$34,690$77,400
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$54,640$43,070$78,400
Winston-Salem, NC$54,500$35,780$82,840
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$54,220$48,290$78,940
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$54,180$38,930$84,000
Saginaw, MI$54,020$36,590$76,170
Columbia, MO$54,020$43,110$78,530
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$53,990$42,360$78,610
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$53,980$32,460$61,120
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$53,970$44,470$66,250
Rochester, NY$53,960$43,280$84,090
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$53,940$35,780$88,890
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$53,930$40,920$102,970
Chico, CA$53,920$40,250$95,850
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$53,890$38,030$79,230
Janesville-Beloit, WI$53,840$47,700$63,720
Gainesville, FL$53,820$35,930$82,270
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$53,740$41,690$116,930
Carson City, NV$53,730$44,250$82,600
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$53,670$36,260$65,680
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,640$36,640$68,760
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$53,600$40,580$77,570
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$53,600$39,830$77,900
Santa Fe, NM$53,590$37,220$67,180
North Dakota$53,550$37,160$77,820
Wyoming$53,550$35,600$77,950
Fairbanks-College, AK$53,510$47,260$76,460
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$53,460$39,460$96,700
Flagstaff, AZ$53,270$41,470$80,550
Richmond, VA$53,150$36,610$73,050
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$53,130$34,100$73,940
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$53,120$45,650$64,750
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$53,060$33,700$75,340
Pueblo, CO$52,970$38,830$81,450
Walla Walla, WA$52,940$42,070$77,380
Grand Forks, ND-MN$52,940$36,930$75,700
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$52,900$35,080$70,570
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$52,550$42,470$84,720
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$52,480$47,660$64,670
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$52,450$37,790$69,790
Barnstable Town, MA$52,430$36,510$82,250
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$52,370$41,150$63,110
Helena, MT$52,320$38,310$73,940
Kingston, NY$52,200$39,750$109,650
Lawrence, KS$52,120$35,750$63,980
Hammond, LA$52,100$32,200$74,740
Rockford, IL$52,070$35,980$65,310
Boise City, ID$52,070$40,260$79,130
Delaware$52,020$34,710$72,570
Dover, DE$52,020$32,990$64,810
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$51,960$44,870$62,860
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$51,960$43,550$67,030
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$51,940$38,440$87,630
Rapid City, SD$51,930$34,790$72,560
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$51,930$36,190$78,300
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$51,890$35,900$71,150
Lawton, OK$51,890$34,270$70,570
Salem, OR$51,840$34,790$76,590
Sheboygan, WI$51,810$45,720$67,720
Virginia$51,780$35,560$76,560
Raleigh-Cary, NC$51,760$34,500$103,880
Albuquerque, NM$51,690$36,790$73,440
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$51,630$38,460$76,230
Oklahoma City, OK$51,590$36,250$66,810
Iowa$51,580$38,610$64,020
Cedar Rapids, IA$51,580$41,400$68,440
Colorado Springs, CO$51,550$37,740$68,620
Hinesville, GA$51,460$44,840$68,760
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$51,460$39,320$74,080
Farmington, NM$51,440$35,240$73,940
Salisbury, MD$51,430$36,900$68,540
Ohio$51,420$37,470$82,080
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$51,290$41,440$65,770
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$51,240$36,400$81,230
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$51,230$32,610$77,030
Grants Pass, OR$51,200$36,250$80,300
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$51,190$34,160$71,300
Mankato, MN$51,180$41,110$63,930
Springfield, MO$51,130$37,160$64,930
St. Cloud, MN$51,090$42,930$73,960
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$51,080$40,250$75,510
Omaha, NE-IA$51,050$38,790$65,500
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$51,030$38,260$68,760
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$51,030$35,550$78,680
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$51,010$36,460$104,040
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$50,910$42,700$87,370
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$50,890$44,530$63,370
Dubuque, IA$50,860$40,970$63,580
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$50,810$38,450$70,970
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$50,800$43,040$72,740
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$50,710$37,450$66,960
Ames, IA$50,700$33,530$62,610
Fresno, CA$50,660$37,690$77,810
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$50,650$38,010$70,570
Salinas, CA$50,640$44,690$72,760
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$50,620$40,590$65,800
Syracuse, NY$50,610$39,240$72,660
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$50,610$40,100$61,790
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$50,590$39,480$81,660
Chattanooga, TN-GA$50,490$35,780N/A
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$50,400$38,310$71,030
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$50,360$35,780$80,310
New Mexico$50,340$35,310$70,570
South Dakota$50,320$34,150$77,030
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$50,290$40,700$63,080
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$50,240$41,590$63,480
Lafayette, LA$50,140$30,810$62,200
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$50,120$39,160$77,160
Florence, SC$50,100$28,130$78,310
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$50,100$35,360$80,500
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,070$35,910$64,780
Bozeman, MT$50,060$42,160$60,080
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$50,020$42,040$63,840
Montana$49,930$38,610$62,200
Kennewick-Richland, WA$49,920$39,520$77,490
New Jersey$49,910$33,280$85,380
Lexington Park, MD$49,880$38,220$72,640
Eau Claire, WI$49,860$45,570$66,340
Duluth, MN-WI$49,860$42,260$67,370
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,850$35,170$75,230
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$49,840$38,100$88,150
Arizona$49,790$37,460$68,890
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$49,790$38,680$79,190
Kansas City, MO-KS$49,750$38,530$77,950
Tennessee$49,740$35,930$78,830
Wausau, WI$49,710$41,010$67,310
Fayetteville, NC$49,710$35,170$77,740
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,640$36,850$65,320
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$49,600$40,570$80,110
Columbus, OH$49,560$39,040$78,570
Spartanburg, SC$49,510$39,370$71,860
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$49,500$34,260$72,860
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,460$38,630$65,640
Rome, GA$49,440$35,480$89,790
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$49,430$38,470$80,290
Illinois$49,420$36,900$74,520
Eugene-Springfield, OR$49,400$36,700$86,480
Springfield, IL$49,360$37,570$65,710
Greenville, NC$49,350$35,490$66,030
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$49,310$40,000$74,310
Yuba City, CA$49,290$38,490$108,130
Redding, CA$49,280$39,400$98,440
Tulsa, OK$49,270$35,950$85,590
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$49,200$36,670$67,330
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,170$34,170$76,120
Visalia, CA$49,160$39,520$90,430
Missouri$49,150$36,590$75,230
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$49,150$33,450$73,850
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,150$35,150$70,690
Jackson, TN$49,140$36,810$78,260
El Centro, CA$49,090$39,520$74,400
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,030$42,930$66,120
Georgia$48,990$34,500$78,300
Maine$48,990$38,780$66,960
Manchester-Nashua, NH$48,990$40,940$65,930
St. Louis, MO-IL$48,970$37,810$71,640
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$48,950$41,840$66,090
Idaho$48,940$37,310$74,930
Coeur d'Alene, ID$48,940$37,290$75,350
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$48,940$35,350$77,800
Jacksonville, NC$48,800$33,220$69,950
Tucson, AZ$48,780$36,660$63,050
Akron, OH$48,760$37,470$73,780
Lebanon, PA$48,760$35,300$77,600
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$48,750$33,020$71,030
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$48,740$38,680$91,140
Modesto, CA$48,700$38,920$76,770
Lexington-Fayette, KY$48,690$34,500$67,440
Medford, OR$48,690$39,580$73,470
Lewiston, ID-WA$48,680$34,840$72,600
Midland, MI$48,680$41,740$62,190
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$48,670$37,060$72,800
Kansas$48,670$36,140$76,430
Manhattan, KS$48,670$34,420$66,960
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$48,670$38,380$72,260
Vermont$48,610$40,160$64,430
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$48,600$35,470$63,840
Oklahoma$48,590$34,510$70,590
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$48,560$36,650$89,220
Billings, MT$48,480$39,180$60,780
Nebraska$48,420$37,200$65,500
Yakima, WA$48,420$38,290$73,210
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$48,410$37,790$78,970
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$48,410$39,280$66,540
Decatur, IL$48,400$36,070$63,870
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,380$34,390$63,300
Binghamton, NY$48,370$35,920$79,600
Missoula, MT$48,370$37,770$65,500
Bangor, ME$48,350$36,670$62,010
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$48,310$39,550$74,840
Midland, TX$48,270$34,700$82,630
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$48,260$37,640$61,170
New Hampshire$48,250$38,640$66,190
Fort Wayne, IN$48,240$36,720$74,060
Michigan$48,220$36,990$70,570
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$48,220$37,000$76,260
Elizabethtown, KY$48,220$35,080$69,680
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$48,190$35,950$65,150
Lincoln, NE$48,130$37,130$65,850
Peoria, IL$48,120$35,150$73,520
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$48,100$37,440$66,190
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,090$34,290$66,420
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$48,080$30,780$69,810
Minot, ND$48,040$35,390$65,110
Kentucky$48,020$34,150$67,440
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$48,000$37,580$74,080
Pittsfield, MA$47,950$39,440$67,230
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$47,930$35,190$80,000
Reading, PA$47,930$37,690$105,870
Utica-Rome, NY$47,910$34,330$64,440
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,850$36,300$61,550
North Carolina$47,840$35,170$79,250
Merced, CA$47,840$38,270$70,040
Great Falls, MT$47,830$36,960$60,360
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$47,780$36,820$63,160
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$47,760$36,380$65,410
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$47,750$30,000$73,110
Utah$47,710$35,360$82,740
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$47,680$33,910$84,280
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$47,670$37,690$65,620
Rocky Mount, NC$47,600$35,350$81,020
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$47,550$32,510$70,570
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,540$34,190$65,800
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$47,520$33,800$73,330
Reno, NV$47,510$34,760$75,470
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$47,490$31,710$67,950
Columbus, GA-AL$47,480$32,960$66,930
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,440$38,790$62,860
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$47,440$35,490$64,670
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,440$34,500$67,620
Jacksonville, FL$47,430$34,860$74,460
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$47,310$24,960$79,290
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$47,280$35,970$60,240
Savannah, GA$47,230$33,990$66,530
Texas$47,230$31,550$77,140
Elmira, NY$47,190$41,640$65,030
Grand Island, NE$47,180$36,950$76,760
Indiana$47,170$36,380$70,860
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$47,130$37,770$62,650
Evansville, IN$47,130$36,380$60,610
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$47,130$34,200$77,860
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,110$35,600$57,170
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$47,100$27,040$77,380
Johnson City, TN$47,050$33,310$65,960
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,050$37,260$61,010
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$47,050$37,510$63,510
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$47,040$35,350$62,490
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$47,030$32,520$63,550
Athens-Clarke County, GA$47,000$34,090$58,210
Columbus, IN$46,970$36,760$68,700
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$46,970$33,750$63,130
Dalton, GA$46,940$32,430$61,620
Gettysburg, PA$46,880$37,050$59,020
Glens Falls, NY$46,880$37,000$73,190
Clarksville, TN-KY$46,840$35,920$71,950
Sumter, SC$46,800$35,900$58,650
Williamsport, PA$46,800$38,170$63,250
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$46,770$36,530$63,620
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$46,760$41,600$71,660
Killeen-Temple, TX$46,740$33,870$68,760
Pittsburgh, PA$46,730$36,230$67,590
Pennsylvania$46,730$35,040$74,680
Odessa, TX$46,690$28,000$80,120
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$46,690$37,730$61,660
Chambersburg, PA$46,650$35,780$77,930
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$46,620$35,540$73,440
Naples-Marco Island, FL$46,600$38,000$66,440
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,600$37,040$61,650
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$46,480$30,340$60,420
Champaign-Urbana, IL$46,450$32,460$70,200
Lancaster, PA$46,450$34,080$70,190
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$46,450$34,090$64,430
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$46,430$36,970$60,860
Longview, TX$46,400$32,580$72,590
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,360$33,930$69,870
Baton Rouge, LA$46,300$33,030$82,440
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$46,260$34,280$56,930
Sandusky, OH$46,240$38,250$60,900
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$46,160$34,500$62,610
Roanoke, VA$46,150$33,390$66,960
Knoxville, TN$46,120$35,950$72,220
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$46,110$37,370$73,520
Wichita, KS$46,090$34,560$60,590
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,080$31,810$66,610
Canton-Massillon, OH$46,040$34,470$70,630
Wichita Falls, TX$46,020$28,700$69,530
Florida$45,990$33,250$76,220
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$45,990$36,670$67,760
El Paso, TX$45,990$25,520$65,150
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$45,950$36,860$60,600
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$45,940$36,900$73,030
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$45,940$34,510$83,630
Altoona, PA$45,920$33,700$60,610
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$45,910$36,450$73,040
Twin Falls, ID$45,900$39,040$77,840
Owensboro, KY$45,800$35,170$55,180
Auburn-Opelika, AL$45,680$26,730$75,560
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$45,640$33,310$62,420
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,630$32,350$77,380
Bloomington, IN$45,600$35,780$70,000
Idaho Falls, ID$45,570$34,310$66,930
Toledo, OH$45,550$36,370$76,380
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$45,550$29,630$59,780
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$45,540$35,140$70,570
Bellingham, WA$45,470$38,800$76,730
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$45,400$33,770$66,940
Pocatello, ID$45,350$37,020$59,280
Battle Creek, MI$45,300$36,820$70,570
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$45,300$33,540$61,790
Jefferson City, MO$45,240$35,280$59,850
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$45,170$29,310$60,040
Jackson, MI$45,160$35,040$77,130
Burlington, NC$45,120$35,660$62,250
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$45,050$35,530$64,900
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$45,030$30,780$68,620
Ogden, UT$45,000$36,620$63,420
Erie, PA$45,000$32,170$66,960
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$44,960$29,340$68,760
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$44,950$33,990$72,550
St. George, UT$44,920$35,600$65,140
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$44,910$31,820$73,560
Warner Robins, GA$44,840$35,650$80,450
State College, PA$44,800$36,550$65,150
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$44,790$32,460$74,870
York-Hanover, PA$44,720$35,220$60,520
St. Joseph, MO-KS$44,640$37,420$59,780
Asheville, NC$44,610$36,720$64,190
Bloomington, IL$44,570$34,400$62,100
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$44,470$35,610$62,380
Casper, WY$44,460$38,020$71,010
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$44,460$34,720$58,370
Bowling Green, KY$44,450$35,280$59,960
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,440$31,540$68,760
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$44,370$31,490$62,390
Amarillo, TX$44,300$33,000$64,000
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,270$29,550$78,770
San Angelo, TX$44,260$29,790$62,110
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$44,180$34,620$61,970
Paducah, KY-IL$43,990$28,040$79,090
Muncie, IN$43,930$34,840$68,160
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$43,910$34,230$66,950
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$43,860$30,290$62,680
Harrisonburg, VA$43,840$35,780$59,810
Louisiana$43,820$31,960$71,770
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$43,760$35,860$67,630
West Virginia$43,710$30,260$66,960
Lima, OH$43,520$33,430$65,790
Mansfield, OH$43,440$31,440$68,460
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$43,420$35,220$58,960
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$43,340$35,850$59,720
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$43,340$28,500$59,920
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$43,280$33,620$62,740
Gainesville, GA$43,230$33,650$62,420
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$43,230$37,550$74,830
Joplin, MO-KS$43,170$36,520$59,120
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$43,150$36,010$63,690
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$43,150$31,560$61,780
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,070$33,280$63,960
Waco, TX$43,060$29,440$59,570
Macon-Bibb County, GA$43,050$32,370$66,110
Abilene, TX$42,990$30,080$63,320
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$42,970$31,740$61,790
Beckley, WV$42,860$30,250$62,500
Greensboro-High Point, NC$42,860$35,240$65,430
College Station-Bryan, TX$42,850$30,140$62,730
Tyler, TX$42,730$31,820$69,470
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$42,620$29,120$64,250
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$42,590$38,000$60,120
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$42,580$36,800$54,830
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$42,550$30,690$62,950
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$42,390$30,650$59,410
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$42,300$30,960$64,690
Montgomery, AL$42,270$31,150$61,690
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$42,200$31,420$59,720
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$42,190$33,000$62,460
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$42,190$31,370$60,140
Sherman-Denison, TX$42,180$27,430$63,070
Niles, MI$42,060$30,490$74,310
Hattiesburg, MS$42,010$28,290$54,490
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$41,960$31,630$60,240
Morgantown, WV$41,860$30,960$61,500
Winchester, VA-WV$41,850$33,750$62,330
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$41,780$26,250$63,960
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$41,690$30,960$58,690
Victoria, TX$41,630$32,760$63,680
Punta Gorda, FL$41,370$35,240$62,840
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$41,370$32,470$63,340
Jonesboro, AR$41,300$33,450$65,620
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$41,140$32,560$55,440
Terre Haute, IN$41,110$34,550$69,340
Port St. Lucie, FL$41,080$32,590$68,550
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,030$32,780$78,690
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$41,010$30,290$64,470
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$40,910$33,370$65,150
Lynchburg, VA$40,900$32,810$59,150
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$40,670$33,610$73,940
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$40,610$33,180$61,720
Tuscaloosa, AL$40,590$30,990$64,290
Tallahassee, FL$40,390$31,490$66,290
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$40,310$33,670$61,830
Flint, MI$40,250$32,200$66,010
Wilmington, NC$40,250$34,620$59,490
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$40,250$30,450$64,710
Johnstown, PA$40,240$32,750$72,630
Charleston, WV$40,130$30,780$60,950
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$40,070$34,060$63,660
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$40,050$31,490$68,570
Wheeling, WV-OH$40,020$31,130$56,420
Lubbock, TX$39,980$28,030$61,290
Mississippi$39,970$29,440$63,290
Arkansas$39,920$32,430$67,010
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$39,880$29,120$60,230
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$39,770$29,430$62,360
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,730$31,850$59,130
Albany, GA$39,720$32,020$82,330
Decatur, AL$39,710$29,120$54,050
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$39,660$26,950$61,030
Corpus Christi, TX$39,580$29,650$63,010
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,580$30,170$59,720
Birmingham, AL$39,510$30,830$63,810
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,350$29,330$59,490
Las Cruces, NM$39,330$31,760$58,740
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,260$32,780$62,740
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$39,110$31,240$63,130
Goldsboro, NC$39,100$33,500$81,310
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,100$28,330$61,210
Green Bay, WI$39,070$38,580$70,410
Sebring, FL$38,950$31,760$81,190
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,950$29,830$61,030
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$38,900$34,970$67,950
Homosassa Springs, FL$38,860$31,310$58,750
Valdosta, GA$38,690$27,680$57,130
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,680$25,160$53,090
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,650$26,770$55,560
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,620$28,980$61,860
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$38,560$34,220$58,950
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$38,560$26,350$60,070
Alabama$38,540$28,300$62,660
Anniston-Oxford, AL$38,540$24,470$64,030
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$38,360$33,350$62,770
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,320$29,120$64,970
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$38,290$29,090$64,250
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$38,290$27,550$59,900
Mobile, AL$38,220$27,040$59,780
Ocala, FL$38,070$30,290$67,920
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$38,060$30,310$70,570
Monroe, LA$38,010$30,150$58,330
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,900$27,380$60,610
Huntsville, AL$37,880$31,370$65,230
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,700$30,610$57,760
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$37,580$32,490$75,500
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$37,450$28,590$60,650
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$37,440$25,300$49,200
Jackson, MS$37,280$30,360$63,280
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$37,170$31,050$53,770
Yuma, AZ$37,160$31,760$57,100
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$37,000$29,840$77,290
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,940$31,810$61,130
Hot Springs, AR$36,900$31,050$60,420
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$36,880$23,790$57,570
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$36,870$26,160$59,010
Laredo, TX$36,820$21,180$60,780
Fort Smith, AR-OK$36,730$30,960$79,350
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,450$29,880$59,930
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$36,340$21,720$61,260
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$35,820$22,540$53,260
Logan, UT-ID$35,360$35,360$50,900
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$35,220$24,620$52,170
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$35,210$30,580$67,500
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$35,170$27,300$59,800
Texarkana, TX-AR$34,520$24,040$53,670
Guam$34,060$25,790$52,490
Dothan, AL$33,380$24,380$54,560
Gadsden, AL$32,830$25,110$54,910
Aguadilla, PR$24,960$19,760$32,020
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$23,740$21,020$38,350
Arecibo, PR$23,030$19,760$36,240
Puerto Rico$22,880$19,760$36,420
Ponce, PR$21,950$19,760$33,140
Mayaguez, PR$21,010$19,760$34,370
Puerto Rico nonmetropolitan area$19,760$19,760$28,660

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Medical Records Specialists make?▾

The median annual salary for a Medical Records Specialists is $50,250, with a typical range of $35,780 – $80,950 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Medical Records Specialists?▾

Entry-level Medical Records Specialists positions typically start around $35,780 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Medical Records Specialistss earn the most?▾

Medical Records Specialistss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.