CDCareer Decision

Medical Records Specialists Salary in IN

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Medical Records Specialists in IN have a median annual salary of $47,670, with 5,860 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $38,270 at the 10th percentile to $79,270 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$47,670

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$22.92

Employment

5,860

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$38,270
10th
$40,060
25th
$47,670
Median
$60,820
75th
$79,270
90th

Local compared with national

IN

$47,670

Median annual · 2025

United States

$51,140

Median annual · 2025

The IN median is 6.8% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $3,470).

Top skills

  1. 1.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.6
  2. 2.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.4
  3. 3.Active ListeningImportance 3.3
  4. 4.WritingImportance 3.1
  5. 5.SpeakingImportance 3.1
  6. 6.Time ManagementImportance 3.1
  7. 7.Active LearningImportance 3.0
  8. 8.MonitoringImportance 3.0
  9. 9.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.0
  10. 10.Service OrientationImportance 3.0
  11. 11.Complex Problem SolvingImportance 3.0
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.0

Career information

Education and experience

Experience
None
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • EndoSoft
  • Entity Management Software
  • Epic Systems
  • Fox Meadows Accent Data Manager
  • Fox Meadows ChartingPlus
  • Fox Meadows EncounterManager
  • GE Healthcare Logician
  • Graphics software
  • Greenway Medical Technologies PrimeChart
  • Health Care Data HealthProbe
  • Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
  • Henry Schein Dentrix
  • HMS
  • Holt Systems eMedRec
  • Hyland Software OnBase

Common tasks

  • Protect the security of medical records to ensure that confidentiality is maintained.
  • Review records for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with regulations.
  • Scan patients' health records into electronic formats.
  • Release information to persons or agencies according to regulations.
  • Enter data, such as demographic characteristics, history and extent of disease, diagnostic procedures, or treatment into computer.
  • Maintain or operate a variety of health record indexes or storage and retrieval systems to collect, classify, store, or analyze information.
  • Process patient admission or discharge documents.
  • Retrieve patient medical records for physicians, technicians, or other medical personnel.
  • Resolve or clarify codes or diagnoses with conflicting, missing, or unclear information by consulting with doctors or others or by participating in the coding team's regular meetings.
  • Compile and maintain patients' medical records to document condition and treatment and to provide data for research or cost control and care improvement efforts.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Medical Records Specialists salary in other locations

Other occupations in IN