For a state-by-state breakdown, visit our guide to medical billing and coding salaries by state. In general, though, the median yearly salary for medical records technicians and health information technicians as of May 2012 was $34,160, according to the BLS.
The median household income in the US is $50,502. This is some extremely useful data given that it is exploring over 114 million US households. If you want to know how most Americans are living this is a good figure to base your assumptions.
The living wage in the United States is $15.84 per hour, before taxes for a family of four (two working adults, two children), compared to $15.12 in 2015. The minimum wage does not provide a living wage for most American families. A typical family of four (two working adults, two children) needs to... Read more.