Exactly 780 of Kansas' 2,370 health information professionals work in Hutchinson. Between 2006 and 2010, in Hutchinson, there has been a 6% decline in the number of health information professionals. Overall employment in Hutchinson has increased.

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As the number of health information professionals in Hutchinson has shrunk, salaries for health information professionals have increased. In 2010 Hutchinson health information professionals earned an average yearly salary of $28,880. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for health information professionals in Hutchinson was $23,810 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Hutchinson.

Health information professionals make a median salary of $26,410 per year in Hutchinson. The difference in pay between the health information professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 122%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $19,470 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $43,170 per year.

Health information professional salaries in Hutchinson are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

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

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

Approximately 41 students completed health information courses in 2010.