Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
Also called: Medical Records Analyst, Medical Records DirectorApply 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.
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What the data says: AI could halve the time on 12 of its 16 tasks, yet jobs are projected to grow 15.9% by 2035. In the most exposed occupations, the squeeze shows up first among early-career workers. How to think about this →
About this projection
BLS builds AI into its projections where the research supports it: “BLS generally applies adjustments based on this research conservatively, where there is convincing evidence for a change.”
It also notes a limit: “BLS projection methods are not designed to capture extremely rapid technological change.”
On its AI exposure groups, BLS says exposure “does not imply job loss.”
Recent conditions
- In 2024, 3.3% of people in this work were unemployed, against 3.8% across all occupations Census ACS 2024, all workers in the Census group “Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations”
- From Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, 5.0 hires for every 10 job openings in health care and social assistance, which employs about 71% of people in this work, against 7.3 across all industries BLS JOLTS
One box per opening, filled for each hire; hires beyond the openings are added in a lighter shade. Higher can mean openings get filled, or that people leave often; lower, that jobs go unfilled, or hiring is slow.5.0 this industry7.3 all industries
Median pay by state BLS OEWS May 2025, state estimates
Tap a state for its figures.
Median pay in every state
| State | Median | Middle half earn | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $71,100 | $49,280 to $97,080 | 70 |
| Arizona | $50,740 | $46,030 to $68,470 | 900 |
| Arkansas | $93,300 | $61,870 to $104,410 | not published |
| California | $90,750 | $65,020 to $133,610 | 2,920 |
| Colorado | $78,470 | $62,020 to $102,410 | 370 |
| Connecticut | $76,140 | $58,150 to $88,300 | 180 |
| Delaware | $68,890 | $44,040 to $68,890 | not published |
| District of Columbia | $75,460 | $57,250 to $103,820 | 80 |
| Florida | $76,950 | $57,750 to $100,710 | 2,360 |
| Georgia | $70,170 | $49,330 to $94,350 | 1,630 |
| Hawaii | $51,930 | $49,970 to $80,880 | 150 |
| Idaho | $56,300 | $47,210 to $94,090 | 560 |
| Illinois | $62,780 | $48,250 to $74,630 | 900 |
| Indiana | $46,470 | $40,790 to $66,890 | 1,040 |
| Iowa | $80,600 | $60,610 to $96,910 | 270 |
| Kansas | $60,030 | $41,710 to $78,060 | 610 |
| Kentucky | $49,330 | $38,920 to $81,220 | 1,320 |
| Louisiana | $65,620 | $50,380 to $82,380 | 210 |
| Maine | $50,320 | $45,590 to $82,970 | 200 |
| Maryland | $70,040 | $52,600 to $107,580 | 1,170 |
| Massachusetts | $81,420 | $70,740 to $103,600 | 880 |
| Michigan | $67,150 | $50,630 to $87,480 | 1,020 |
| Minnesota | $90,760 | $78,000 to $103,690 | 1,040 |
| Mississippi | $47,000 | $33,120 to $64,460 | 120 |
| Missouri | $59,380 | $46,180 to $80,720 | 930 |
| Montana | $79,140 | $63,770 to $84,970 | 190 |
| Nebraska | $49,520 | $42,630 to $78,390 | 260 |
| Nevada | $63,610 | $49,270 to $78,440 | 250 |
| New Hampshire | $81,020 | $64,700 to $103,050 | 170 |
| New Jersey | $61,940 | $50,440 to $105,060 | 1,680 |
| New Mexico | $42,000 | $39,500 to $46,300 | 120 |
| New York | $75,320 | $54,900 to $100,440 | 2,000 |
| North Carolina | $63,010 | $42,230 to $97,790 | 2,370 |
| North Dakota | $81,170 | $51,300 to $82,900 | 60 |
| Ohio | $71,330 | $42,510 to $85,830 | 2,500 |
| Oklahoma | $45,210 | $38,430 to $59,650 | 610 |
| Oregon | $86,230 | $65,070 to $106,510 | 660 |
| Pennsylvania | $59,980 | $51,000 to $77,460 | 1,090 |
| Puerto Rico | $27,040 | $22,680 to $41,330 | 90 |
| Rhode Island | $72,120 | $56,470 to $138,860 | 50 |
| South Carolina | $44,530 | $36,470 to $53,300 | 470 |
| South Dakota | $60,740 | $47,110 to $74,630 | 140 |
| Tennessee | $64,560 | $38,480 to $78,610 | 580 |
| Texas | $76,820 | $52,710 to $101,170 | 2,880 |
| Utah | $75,320 | $48,530 to $87,010 | not published |
| Vermont | $73,130 | $64,300 to $88,300 | 80 |
| Virginia | $59,060 | $47,420 to $85,550 | 770 |
| Washington | $59,640 | $52,490 to $81,950 | 670 |
| West Virginia | $61,330 | $39,410 to $73,080 | 100 |
| Wisconsin | $89,260 | $74,270 to $99,560 | 650 |
| Wyoming | $88,560 | $69,660 to $106,240 | 50 |
Nationally: $68,020. Shades run from the lowest state median to the highest; a territory below that range takes the lightest. How to read this
How AI touches the work
What AI could speed up, task by task, and where people already use it.
AI could halve the time on 12 of its 16 tasks
| AI rating | Its main tasks | Share of Claude conversations May 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| AI alone | Assign the patient to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), using appropriate computer software. | Not published |
| AI + software | Compile medical care and census data for statistical reports on diseases treated, surgery performed, or use of hospital beds. | Not published |
| AI + software | Design databases to support healthcare applications, ensuring security, performance and reliability. | under 0.01% |
| AI alone | Develop in-service educational materials. | Not published |
| AI + software | Evaluate and recommend upgrades or improvements to existing computerized healthcare systems. | Not published |
| AI alone | Facilitate and promote activities, such as lunches, seminars, or tours, to foster healthcare information privacy or security awareness within the organization. | Not published |
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| Not much | Identify, compile, abstract, and code patient data, using standard classification systems. | Not published |
| Not much | Manage the department or supervise clerical workers, directing or controlling activities of personnel in the medical records department. | Not published |
| AI + software | Monitor changes in legislation and accreditation standards that affect information security or privacy in the computerized healthcare system. | Not published |
| AI + software | Plan, develop, maintain, or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information. | Not published |
| AI + software | Prepare statistical reports, narrative reports, or graphic presentations of information, such as tumor registry data for use by hospital staff, researchers, or other users. | Not published |
| AI + software | Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained. | Not published |
| Not much | Resolve or clarify codes or diagnoses with conflicting, missing, or unclear information by consulting with doctors or others or by participating in the coding team's regular meetings. | Not published |
| AI alone | Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel. | Not published |
| Not much | Train medical records staff. | Not published |
| AI alone | Write or maintain archived procedures, procedural codes, or queries for applications. | Not published |
O*NET hasn't rated these tasks, so they're in O*NET's own order. 1 of the 16 have a published share of Claude conversations; “not published” means too few conversations for Anthropic to publish a figure.
Where people already use AI
The tasks above say what AI could speed up. This shows what people are using it for. Its 16 tasks fall under 18 work activities that many occupations share, and Microsoft counted how often each one came up in 200,000 conversations with its Copilot assistant in 2024.
- #20 Present research or technical information
- #23 Prepare informational or instructional materials
- #30 Perform administrative or clerical activities
- and 4 more, in the table below
| Work activity | This occupation's tasks under it | People asked AI for help in 10,000 conversations |
AI did it for them in 10,000 conversations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perform administrative or clerical activities | |||
| Process digital or online data | |||
| Collect information about patients or clients | |||
| Present research or technical information | |||
| Prepare informational or instructional materials | |||
| Monitor external affairs, trends, or events | |||
| Advise others on the design or use of technologies | |||
| Assess characteristics or impacts of regulations or policies |
Show all 18 activities
| Promote products, services, or programs | |||
| Coordinate with others to resolve problems | |||
| Develop operational or technical procedures or standards | |||
| Maintain safety or security | |||
| Test performance of computer or information systems | |||
| Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures | |||
| Design databases | |||
| Supervise personnel activities | |||
| Train others on health or medical topics | |||
| Maintain health or medical records |
How people in this work use Claude
What people in this work made with Claude % of conversations
- A document or report35%
- A SQL or database query12%
- Configuration or infrastructure11%
- A script or snippet7%
- An app or website6%
How they worked with Claude
83% of these conversations were about work. Anthropic Economic Index, May 2026.
How to read this
Work activities come from O*NET, which links every task to the broader activities it involves. Microsoft's figures are for the activity across everyone who used Copilot, not for health information technologists and medical registrars specifically. Copilot is a general chat assistant; dedicated coding tools are not included, so programming help is under-counted here. Activities are listed by how many of this occupation's tasks fall under them.
The task ratings say whether AI could halve the time a task takes: on its own (“AI alone”), or with software built on it (“AI + software”). They were made by people in 2023 (Eloundou et al.). Claude's share is the task's share of all Claude.ai conversations in May 2026; Anthropic doesn't publish a task with too few conversations. None of these add up to the BLS exposure group, which combines five research measures.
More in the Guide: task ratings · task order · work activities · Copilot figures · Claude
High exposure doesn't mean fewer jobs
BLS projects most occupations in its two most exposed groups to grow: 141 of 206 rated Very high and 165 of 206 rated High. Each dot is one of the 831 occupations BLS rates.
Career moves into and out of this occupation
From moves between occupations found in online resumes, 2002–2016. Career changes only: a first job after school isn't a move.
Where people moved next
of 218,564 moves out
- 1 Medical and Health Services Managers High +24.2% 6%
- 2 Managers, All Other (2010 group) an older group BLS has since split; no exposure group today 5%
- 3 Management Analysts Very high +10.1% 4%
- 4 Registered Nurses High +5.6% 4%
- 5 Customer Service Representatives Very high -5.3% 4%
Where people moved in from
of 198,747 moves in
- 1 Customer Service Representatives Very high -5.3% 6%
- 2 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Very high -6.0% 4%
- 3 Medical and Health Services Managers High +24.2% 3%
- 4 Managers, All Other (2010 group) an older group BLS has since split; no exposure group today 3%
- 5 Registered Nurses High +5.6% 3%
The resume data uses 2010 occupation codes. This occupation comes from “Medical Records and Health Information Technicians” and “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other”, which today also include “Medical Records Specialists”, “Surgical Assistants” and the occupation still called “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other”, so these figures cover those too. Resumes over-represent younger, white-collar job-seekers and moves into management. Schubert, Stansbury and Taska (resume data).
Education and training for the occupation
Census survey (American Community Survey)
- 1% less than high school
- 9% high school
- 11% some college
- 9% associate's
- 34% bachelor's
- 31% master's
- 3% professional degree
- 3% doctorate
Census ACS 2024, all workers in the Census group “Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations” · 1,333 people surveyed.
Median pay by highest degree full-time, year-round · Census ACS 2024, all workers in the Census group “Other healthcare practitioners and technical occupations”
6 programs, such as Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator, Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician and Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder.
See all
- Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
- Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
- Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder
- Disease Registry Data Management
- Healthcare Information Privacy Assurance and Security
- Medical Informatics
Jobs that require a credential BLS Occupational Requirements Survey 2023
BLS publishes no credential figures for this occupation.
Look up certifications, training and licenses U.S. Department of Labor
- Certification Finder ↗ certifications CareerOneStop lists for this occupation
- Training Finder ↗ schools and programs, nationwide; narrow the place there
- License Finder ↗ licenses by state
- Apprenticeship Finder ↗ DOL lists 3 registered apprenticeships in this occupation (CLINICAL DOCUMENTATION IMPROVEMENT SPECIALIST; Health Information Technologist (NOF); TUMOR REGISTRAR). Apprenticeship.gov can't be linked to one occupation, so search for “Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars” there.
These open in a new tab and send only the occupation's public code. More in the Guide
BLS AI exposure categories (Aug 2026) · BLS Employment Projections 2025–35 · O*NET 31.0 · Task ratings: Eloundou et al., Science (2024) · Microsoft "Working with AI" v1.1 · Anthropic Economic Index (2026-06-26) · Schubert, Stansbury and Taska · NCES CIP–SOC · Census ACS 2024 · BLS JOLTS · Brynjolfsson, Chandar and Chen, Stanford (Aug 2026)
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