Average Salaries for HIM Professionals

Here are the average salaries for full-time healthcare information management professionals in 2008, broken down by job title, according to Advance for Health Information Professionals’ 2008 Salary Survey.

• Consultant — $77,000
• HIM director/manager — $73,400
• Compliance/privacy officer — $61,900
• Compliance — $60,600
• Auditor — $60,000
• Systems technician — $58,800
• Coding supervisor — $58,200
• Quality management — $58,100
• Educator — $56,800
• Assistant HIM director — $54,200
• Cancer/tumor registry manager — $54,000
• Reimbursement specialist — $51,200
• Medical transcription supervisor — $46,700
• Data security — $43,200
• Coder — $42,400
• Cancer/tumor register — $41,600
• Physician office manager — $40,600
• Medical transcription quality assurance — $36,900
• Billing — $35,200
• Medical transcriptionist/editor — $33,500
• ROI coordinator — $32,400
• Clerk — $25,600

Source: Advance for Health Information Professionals’ 2008 Salary Survey (pdf).

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