SOC 29-9021 · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars make in Memphis, TN-MS-AR?
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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR is $52,040. The 10th percentile is $36,460 and the 90th percentile is $75,040. Employment is 110.
Median annual wage
$52,040
- 10th percentile
- $36,460
- 25th percentile
- $36,840
- Median
- $52,040
- 75th percentile
- $71,810
- 90th percentile
- $75,040
- Mean
- $57,580
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars, the published 10th percentile is $36,460 and the 90th percentile is $75,040. The difference is $38,580, which is 74.1% 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 $36,840 to the 75th at $71,810, covers $34,970.
The mean annual wage is $57,580, which sits above the median of $52,040. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Memphis, TN-MS-AR median is 23.5% lower than the national median of $68,020 for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,455, which is 17% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 19.4% lower than the Tennessee median of $64,560.
Memphis, TN-MS-AR covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Tennessee, the primary state on the BLS area record.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 92.179, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $52,040 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars at $56,455 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars. Memphis, TN-MS-AR ranks 3rd of 5 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).).
- Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 147 miles away, with a median of $86,310. That median is 65.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $96,583, against $56,455 here.
- Clarksville, TN-KY is 169 miles away, with a median of $35,900 and employment of 50. That median is 31% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,474, against $56,455 here.
- Jackson, MS is 179 miles away, with a median of $38,470 and employment of 40. That median is 26.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,201, against $56,455 here.
Employment share
Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Memphis, TN-MS-AR (110 of 611,670). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (38,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.73 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR · 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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in Memphis, TN-MS-AR is $52,040. The 10th percentile is $36,460 and the 90th percentile is $75,040. Employment is 110.
How does that compare with the national median for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars?
The local median is 23.5% lower than the national median of $68,020.
What is Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars pay in Memphis, TN-MS-AR after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 92.179, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $52,040 is $56,455. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Memphis, TN-MS-AR compare with nearby metros for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars?
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 147 miles away, at $86,310. Memphis, TN-MS-AR ranks 3rd of 5 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.