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Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

SOC 29-9021 · 2024-2034

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.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$93,290per year
Projected openings
2,650
Projected change
+18.8%
Usually needs
Associate's degree

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$127,483180
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$123,041140
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$99,82140
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$99,239160
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$97,932920
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$92,892330
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$92,015210
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$86,22150
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$86,139320
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$76,915160
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$71,53350

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Medical Records Specialists$63,54015,610+15%
Data Scientists$145,55440,180+37.1%
Computer Systems Analysts$131,29541,500+9.7%
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$62,08022,750+14.3%
Natural Sciences Managers$213,75714,100+11.8%
Computer Occupations, All Other$138,20359,320+11.1%

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