Compared with the local labor market
Medical Records Technician pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Medical Records Specialists — about 1,840 people — is $61,830. Public Health pays a median base salary of $54,938 for this role, 11% below that figure — about the 35th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Public Health sits in the local pay range
$48,370
$50,370
$61,830
$74,060
$97,840
Public Health median · $54,938
The bar is the range of annual wages for Medical Records Specialists across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Health’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Medical Records Specialists — about 194,720 people — is $51,140. Public Health’s median base salary is 7% above that national figure, about the 57th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$37,000
$43,490
$51,140
$64,820
$81,150
Public Health median · $54,938
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Health is $54,938, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Medical Records Technician is held in 4 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In Public Health, the median of $54,938 ranks #2 of 4.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Medical Records Technician role in other Ramsey County, Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Medical Records Technician beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $53,185 ranks #3 of 6. See Medical Records Technician across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Medical Records Technician roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.