For a state-by-state breakdown, visit our guide to medical billing and coding salaries by state. In general, though, the median yearly salary for medical records technicians and health information technicians as of May 2012 was $34,160, according to the BLS.
The median household income in the US is $50,502. This is some extremely useful data given that it is exploring over 114 million US households. If you want to know how most Americans are living this is a good figure to base your assumptions.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) tracks Americansâ earnings by several demographic factors, including age. According to BLS data, the average salary of 16- to-19-year-olds is $420 per week, $21,840 per year. Thatâs the average across all races, genders and education levels.