Exactly 220 of the 2,020 health information professionals employed in Mississippi, work in Meridian. The number of health information professionals in Meridian has shrunk by 12% from 2006 to 2010. Overall employment in Meridian has also decreased.

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Salaries for health information professionals in Meridian have increased. Meridian health information professionals made $27,580 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, health information professionals in Meridian made an average salary of $25,610 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Meridian.

Health information professionals in Meridian make a median yearly salary of $26,980. The difference in pay between the health information professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 146%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $16,350 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $40,240 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 6 students graduated from health information courses.