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Health Informatics Specialists — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$105,850
United States, 2025
Employment
519,530
United States, 2025
Typical education
Master's Degree
Job Zone 5
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.
- O*NET code
- 15-1211.01
- Job zone
- 5
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
- Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
- Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.
- Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.
- Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
- Apply knowledge of computer science, information science, nursing, and informatics theory to nursing practice, education, administration, or research, in collaboration with other health informatics specialists.
- Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.
- Design, develop, select, test, implement, and evaluate new or modified informatics solutions, data structures, and decision-support mechanisms to support patients, health care professionals, and their information management and human-computer and human-technology interactions within health care contexts.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$67,340
25th percentile
$82,860
75th percentile
$134,110
90th percentile
$167,710
Most important skills
- Reading Comprehension4.4
- Complex Problem Solving4.1
- Speaking4.0
- Writing4.0
- Critical Thinking4.0
- Active Listening4.0
- Judgment and Decision Making3.9
- Active Learning3.8
- Learning Strategies3.8
- Systems Evaluation3.8
- Systems Analysis3.8
- Monitoring3.6
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 21 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
21
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 4.4 | 4.9 | Not selected | 4.9 |
| Active Learning | 3.8 | 4.8 | Not selected | 4.8 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 4.1 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Active Listening | 4.0 | 4.1 | Not selected | 4.1 |
| Speaking | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Writing | 4.0 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Systems Evaluation | 3.8 | 4.3 | Not selected | 4.3 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.9 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Learning Strategies | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Systems Analysis | 3.8 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Monitoring | 3.6 | 4.0 | Not selected | 4.0 |
| Coordination | 3.5 | 3.8 | Not selected | 3.8 |
| Instructing | 3.4 | 3.9 | Not selected | 3.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.1 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Time Management | 3.4 | 3.3 | Not selected | 3.3 |
| Service Orientation | 3.1 | 3.5 | Not selected | 3.5 |
| Persuasion | 3.0 | 3.6 | Not selected | 3.6 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Negotiation | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Mathematics | 3.0 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Health Informatics SpecialistsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $157,140 | 7,260 | 2025 |
| Pueblo, CO | $139,870 | 40 | 2025 |
| RI | $134,630 | 1,850 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $134,460 | 11,180 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $133,690 | 19,050 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $132,750 | — | 2025 |
| WA | $129,410 | 24,120 | 2025 |
| Boston, MA | $129,180 | 17,470 | 2025 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $128,740 | 760 | 2025 |
| Providence, RI | $128,580 | 2,050 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $128,340 | 26,540 | 2025 |
| MA | $128,240 | 22,160 | 2025 |
| Denver, CO | $127,880 | 4,190 | 2025 |
| CO | $127,750 | 6,230 | 2025 |
| CA | $127,720 | 59,060 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $127,360 | 4,020 | 2025 |
| Kennewick, WA | $127,100 | 320 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $127,040 | 18,620 | 2025 |
| Fort Collins, CO | $126,880 | 200 | 2025 |
| Napa, CA | $124,790 | 80 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.