SOC 29-9021 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025

How much do Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is $60,420. The 10th percentile is $37,230 and the 90th percentile is $107,770. Employment is 400.

Median annual wage

$60,420

10th percentile
$37,230
25th percentile
$42,970
Median
$60,420
75th percentile
$97,820
90th percentile
$107,770
Mean
$67,500

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars, the published 10th percentile is $37,230 and the 90th percentile is $107,770. The difference is $70,540, which is 116.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $42,970 to the 75th at $97,820, covers $54,850.

The mean annual wage is $67,500, which sits above the median of $60,420. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN median is 11.2% lower than the national median of $68,020 for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars. In 2024 national prices the local median is $64,916, which is 4.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 22.5% higher than the Kentucky median of $49,330.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Kentucky, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $60,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars at $64,916 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 6th of 14 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Lexington-Fayette, KY is 69 miles away, with a median of $63,500 and employment of 310. That median is 5.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $68,361, against $64,916 here.
  • Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 89 miles away, with a median of $44,180 and employment of 620. That median is 26.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,325, against $64,916 here.
  • Bowling Green, KY is 90 miles away, with a median of $63,420 and employment of 50. That median is 5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $70,327, against $64,916 here.

Employment share

Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars accounts for 0.06% of wage-and-salary employment in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN (400 of 685,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (38,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.38 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars make in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is $60,420. The 10th percentile is $37,230 and the 90th percentile is $107,770. Employment is 400.

How does that compare with the national median for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars?

The local median is 11.2% lower than the national median of $68,020.

What is Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars pay in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 93.074, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $60,420 is $64,916. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN compare with nearby metros for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars?

Lexington-Fayette, KY is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 69 miles away, at $63,500. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN ranks 6th of 14 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.