Compared with the local labor market
Medical Records Technician pay vs. Rhode Island
Across all employers in Rhode Island, the median wage for Medical Records Specialists — about 650 people — is $63,960. Dlt pays a median base salary of $45,498 for this role, 29% below that figure — about the 12th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Dlt sits in the local pay range
$44,650
$51,040
$63,960
$70,910
$84,540
The bar is the range of annual wages for Medical Records Specialists across every employer in Rhode Island, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Dlt’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. Dlt’s median base salary is 11% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$37,000
$43,490
$51,140
$64,820
$81,150
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 Rhode Island range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Dlt is $45,498, 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 jurisdictions
Medical Records Technician beyond Rhode Island
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Rhode Island, the median of $16,239 ranks #5 of 6. See Medical Records Technician across all of Rhode Island →
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.