Exactly 1,050 of the 10,880 health information professionals employed in Florida, work in Fort Lauderdale. Between 2006 and 2010, in Fort Lauderdale, there has been a 35% growth in the number of health information professionals. As the number of health information professionals in Fort Lauderdale has increased, overall employment in Fort Lauderdale has also increased.

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In Fort Lauderdale, salaries for health information professionals have increased. In 2010 Fort Lauderdale health information professionals earned an average yearly salary of $43,090. Health information professionals in Fort Lauderdale made a yearly average salary of $32,910, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of health information professionals in Fort Lauderdale is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Health information professionals in Fort Lauderdale earn a median salary of $39,600 per year. The 10% of health information professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $25,040 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 173% higher salaries.

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

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

There are a total of 2 degree and certificate programs in health information offered by Fort Lauderdale's health information schools.

Approximately 17 students graduated from health information courses in 2010.