Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in Washington
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,101
after federal, FICA and Washington tax
Tax takes
$9,539
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,149
Washington costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Washington — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$59,640
Kept after tax
$50,101
Worth in national money
$46,149
State rank
37
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Washington. The middle earner gets $59,640. That is 37 of 50 states, and about 12.32% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against other work in Washington, this sits in the middle: 321 of 493 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- The wage here flatters the reality. From $59,640 the take-home is $50,101. But Washington costs more than the national average, so that money behaves more like $46,149 would elsewhere. Worth knowing before comparing offers across states. The average is higher, $69,530, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For health information technologists and medical registrars, Washington sits in the lower band at $59,640, ranking 37 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 12.32%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Health information technologists and medical registrars ranks 321 of 493 occupations in Washington by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Retained pay after federal, FICA and Washington income tax is $50,101 for health information technologists and medical registrars, from $59,640. The state's price level exceeds the national average, so the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,149. ⚠️ This is purchasing power and not a wage; cross-state offer comparisons that stop at the nominal figure systematically overvalue high-cost states. The mean of $69,530 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,640 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,320 |
| This salary | $59,640 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Washington | $50,101 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,101 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,408 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $59,640 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,540 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of health information technologists and medical registrars in Washington earn under $59,640 and half over. The published range runs $46,850 at the tenth percentile to $101,320 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,101 take-home in Washington comes from $59,640. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 321 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Washington, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $46,149, the adjusted value of that $59,640 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 321 of 493 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for health information technologists and medical registrars in Washington, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $46,850 to $101,320; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $50,101, from $59,640, assumes a single Washington filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 321 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Washington, so $46,149 — the adjusted value of that $59,640 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 321 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $69,530, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $46,850, the highest tenth $101,320, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $46,149 of national purchasing power.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,101 survives, because Washington levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Washington is $69,530. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($46,850) and the ninetieth ($101,320) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Washington's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $46,149 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Washington levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $50,101 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.