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

How much do Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars make in Tucson, AZ?

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 Tucson, AZ is $51,010. The 10th percentile is $42,400 and the 90th percentile is $93,850. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$51,010

10th percentile
$42,400
25th percentile
$43,830
Median
$51,010
75th percentile
$66,300
90th percentile
$93,850
Mean
$59,550

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 $42,400 and the 90th percentile is $93,850. The difference is $51,450, which is 100.9% 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 $43,830 to the 75th at $66,300, covers $22,470.

The mean annual wage is $59,550, which sits above the median of $51,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Tucson, AZ median is 25% lower than the national median of $68,020 for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,644, which is 22.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.5% higher than the Arizona median of $50,740.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tucson, AZ is 96.896, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $51,010 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars at $52,644 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars. Tucson, AZ ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 75 miles away, with a median of $51,230 and employment of 610. That median is 0.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,586, against $52,644 here.

Employment share

Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in Tucson, AZ (130 of 389,630). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (38,100 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.36 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars make in Tucson, AZ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in Tucson, AZ is $51,010. The 10th percentile is $42,400 and the 90th percentile is $93,850. Employment is 130.

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

The local median is 25% lower than the national median of $68,020.

What is Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars pay in Tucson, AZ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Tucson, AZ is 96.896, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $51,010 is $52,644. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Tucson, AZ compare with nearby metros for Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars?

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 75 miles away, at $51,230. Tucson, AZ ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.