Exactly 150 of Alabama's 2,820 health information professionals work in Birmingham. There has been a 36% growth in the number of health information professionals in Birmingham between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of health information professionals in Birmingham has increased, overall employment in Birmingham has decreased.

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In Birmingham, salaries for health information professionals have increased. Birmingham health information professionals made $30,010 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, health information professionals in Birmingham made an average salary of $27,620 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Birmingham.

Health information professionals in Birmingham earn a median salary of $25,820 per year. The difference in pay between the health information professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 194%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $18,780 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $55,250 per year.

On average health information professional salaries in Birmingham are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Birmingham's health information professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited health information schools in the city.

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

In 2010 approximately 7 students graduated from health information courses.