Of the 7,090 health information professionals employed in Illinois, 120 work in Freeport. Between 2006 and 2010, in Freeport, there has been a 29% decline in the number of health information professionals. As the number of health information professionals in Freeport has decreased, overall employment in Freeport has increased.

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In Freeport, salaries for health information professionals have increased. Freeport health information professionals made $31,170 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, health information professionals in Freeport made an average salary of $22,620 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Freeport.

Health information professionals make a median salary of $29,890 per year in Freeport. The difference in pay between the health information professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 104%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $20,950 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $42,840 per year.

On average health information professionals in Freeport earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Freeport.

There is only one accredited health information school in the city. Many of Freeport's health information professionals are graduates of this school.

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

In 2010 approximately 2 students completed health information courses.