Becoming a Medical Informatics Worker via Online Education?

At the very least, online education can help you lay a foundation and/or open up alternate career paths. Kaplan University, one of the highest ranking online schools, is a US school (accredited) offering medical informatics courses to train individuals to become top-notch medical informatics specialists, medical assistants, medical billing specialists, medical secretaries, medical informatics workers, etc. Currently, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics there are 26,130 people employed as computer and information scientists, research alone in America, and their average annual salary is $105,370. Network systems and data communications analysts make on average $76,560 per year and there are about 226,080 of them employed today. Colleges and universities like Kaplan University that provide online education are successfully launching workers into this field.

Medical Informatics Worker Salary Information

Category: Computer and information scientists, research

Total # Employed in the US 26,130
Average Hourly Wage: $50.66/hr
Hourly Wage Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$29.56 $37.8 $48.83 $61.35 $74.72
Average Yearly Salary $105,370
Yearly Salary Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$61,480 $78,620 $101,570 $127,600 $155,420
Employment Demographics
% OF WORKERS WITH
< High School Diploma High School Diploma Some College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Master Degree Doctoral Degree
0.6% 6.4% 17.0% 10.5% 44.3% 18.7% 2.5%
Computer and information scientists, research — WAGES BY STATE, SORTED BY SALARY
STATEAverage Hourly WageAverage Annual Salary
Colorado $58.96/hr $122,650
Missouri $58.31/hr $121,280
Wyoming $55.23/hr $114,870
North Carolina $54.59/hr $113,560
Florida $53.41/hr $111,100
Guam $52.33/hr $108,850
Mississippi $52.22/hr $108,610
Delaware $51.94/hr $108,040
Louisiana $51.82/hr $107,790
North Dakota $51.11/hr $106,310
Arkansas $50.03/hr $104,060
Virginia $49.84/hr $103,660
Tennessee $49.68/hr $103,330
Nebraska $49.12/hr $102,180
Alabama $48.45/hr $100,770
Idaho $48.4/hr $100,670
South Carolina $48.39/hr $100,650
Connecticut $47.99/hr $99,820
Oklahoma $46.86/hr $97,460
Kansas $46.26/hr $96,210
Indiana $46.2/hr $96,090
Iowa $45.24/hr $94,110
Montana $44.71/hr $93,000
Washington $44.53/hr $92,620
Kentucky $44.29/hr $92,120
Wisconsin $43.92/hr $91,350
Oregon $43.63/hr $90,760
New York $42.12/hr $87,600
Hawaii $41.58/hr $86,480
Utah $41.43/hr $86,180
Ohio $41.29/hr $85,890
District of Columbia $40.07/hr $83,340
South Dakota $39.59/hr $82,340
Massachusetts $38.73/hr $80,550
Nevada $38.3/hr $79,660
New Mexico $37.35/hr $77,680
Maine $37.05/hr $77,070
New Hampshire $33.4/hr $69,460
New Jersey $26.47/hr $55,060


Category: Network systems and data communications analysts

Total # Employed in the US 226,080
Average Hourly Wage: $36.81/hr
Hourly Wage Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$20.62 $26.88 $35.22 $45.35 $55.83
Average Yearly Salary $76,560
Yearly Salary Range
PERCENTILE
10%25%50%75%90%
$42,880 $55,900 $73,250 $94,320 $116,120
Employment Demographics
% OF WORKERS WITH
< High School Diploma High School Diploma Some College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Master Degree Doctoral Degree
0.7% 8.1% 21.6% 13.5% 42.8% 12.1% 1.2%
Network systems and data communications analysts — WAGES BY STATE, SORTED BY SALARY
STATEAverage Hourly WageAverage Annual Salary
North Dakota $43.33/hr $90,120
Colorado $40.96/hr $85,190
Mississippi $40.81/hr $84,880
District of Columbia $40.44/hr $84,110
Florida $40.15/hr $83,510
Nebraska $40/hr $83,210
Missouri $39.49/hr $82,140
Oklahoma $38.92/hr $80,950
New Hampshire $38.7/hr $80,490
Connecticut $37.59/hr $78,190
Utah $37.49/hr $77,970
New York $37.22/hr $77,410
Idaho $37.11/hr $77,200
Wyoming $36.74/hr $76,420
Oregon $36.14/hr $75,170
Delaware $35.81/hr $74,490
Virginia $35.5/hr $73,830
Kansas $35.31/hr $73,450
Guam $35.25/hr $73,320
Montana $34.83/hr $72,440
South Carolina $34.38/hr $71,510
Hawaii $33.64/hr $69,960
Arkansas $33.17/hr $69,000
Wisconsin $32.94/hr $68,520
California $32.84/hr $68,300
North Carolina $32.8/hr $68,220
Tennessee $32.37/hr $67,330
Puerto Rico $32.11/hr $66,780
Alaska $31.91/hr $66,370
Louisiana $31.87/hr $66,280
New Mexico $31.38/hr $65,270
Indiana $31.33/hr $65,160
Kentucky $30.72/hr $63,910
Maine $30.24/hr $62,900
Michigan $30.15/hr $62,720
Washington $30.15/hr $62,710
Alabama $29.99/hr $62,390
Ohio $29.77/hr $61,930
Iowa $28.94/hr $60,190
Pennsylvania $28.44/hr $59,160
South Dakota $28.43/hr $59,130
Maryland $28.43/hr $59,130
Nevada $28.01/hr $58,270
New Jersey $27.45/hr $57,100
West Virginia $26.47/hr $55,060
Massachusetts $26.1/hr $54,290


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