Exactly 270 of the 4,980 health information management professionals employed in Alabama, work in Birmingham. There has been a 4% growth in the number of health information management professionals in Birmingham between the years 2006 and 2010. Overall employment in Birmingham has decreased.

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• Light Blue: Health Information Management in Birmingham
• Dark Yellow: All Professions in Birmingham

As the number of health information management professionals in Birmingham has grown, salaries for health information management professionals have also increased. In 2010 Birmingham health information management professionals earned an average yearly salary of $53,155. Four years earlier in 2006, health information management professionals in Birmingham made an average salary of $47,090 per year. The growth in the salary of health information management professionals in Birmingham is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Health information management professionals in Birmingham make a median yearly salary of $49,295. The 10% of health information management professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $36,910 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $79,925 per year.

Birmingham health information management professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

Many of Birmingham's health information management professionals are graduates of the only accredited health information management school in the city.

There is one degree and certificate program in health information management offered by Birmingham's health information management school.

Approximately 23 students completed health information management courses in 2010.