Of the 7,470 health information professionals employed in Pennsylvania, 240 work in Erie. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of health information professionals in Erie has grown by 20%. As the number of health information professionals in Erie has increased, overall employment in Erie has also increased.

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In Erie, salaries for health information professionals have decreased. In 2010 Erie health information professionals earned an average yearly salary of $27,920. The average salary for health information professionals in Erie was $28,100 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The decline in the salary of health information professionals in Erie is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Health information professionals in Erie earn a median salary of $26,230 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 86%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $20,320 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $37,850 per year.

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

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

Erie's health information school offers one health information degree and certificate program.

Approximately 3 students graduated from health information courses in 2010.