Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars Salary — San Francisco, California

The average Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars in San Francisco, California earns $124,040 a year.

$124,040 / year, mean
↑ 61.7% above national average 90th percentile in California

San Francisco sits at the very top of the range for this role in California — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a substantial premium — this metro pays far more for health information technologists and medical registrars than the U.S. average. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
280
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.6%
Cost of living 116 #1 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $1,149,215 #3 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $133,780 #2 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Francisco ranks #1 for cost of living and #3 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $129,420 San Francisco $124,040 Sacramento $108,040 Riverside $100,220 Los Angeles $99,110 San Diego $98,230 Oxnard $96,510 Portland $95,140 Albany $91,980 Lubbock $91,010 Modesto $90,600 Fresno $90,190 New York $87,910 Miami $87,760 Eugene $86,020 Lakeland $84,870 Austin $84,280 Bakersfield $83,940 San Antonio $82,690 Baltimore $82,110 Dallas $81,500 Houston $80,080 Bend $78,470 Palm Bay $78,260 Grand Rapids $78,160 Tampa $78,040 Fort Myers $77,940 Sarasota $77,410 Jacksonville $77,300 Detroit $76,290 Seattle $74,930 Buffalo $74,320 Orlando $74,300 Flint $73,830 El Paso $73,750 Traverse City $72,840 Kiryas Joel $72,790 Ann Arbor $72,360 Rochester $71,700 Pittsburgh $70,950 Syracuse $69,410 Louisville $67,500 Trenton $66,690 McAllen $66,230 Philadelphia $65,850 Richmond $65,060 Chicago $64,610 Virginia Beach $64,270 Bowling Green $63,350 Allentown $63,230 Lexington $62,100 Huntington $62,000 Harrisburg $60,690 South Bend $59,820 Atlantic City $58,930 Indianapolis $57,410 Lafayette $56,580 Mount Vernon $55,940 Champaign $55,490 Terre Haute $53,370 Midland $41,050
CityMean salaryvs. San Francisco
Albany, New York$91,980-25.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$63,230-49.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$72,360-41.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$58,930-52.5%
Austin, Texas$84,280-32.1%
Bakersfield, California$83,940-32.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$82,110-33.8%
Bend, Oregon$78,470-36.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$63,350-48.9%
Buffalo, New York$74,320-40.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$77,940-37.2%
Champaign, Illinois$55,490-55.3%
Chicago, Illinois$64,610-47.9%
Dallas, Texas$81,500-34.3%
Detroit, Michigan$76,290-38.5%
El Paso, Texas$73,750-40.5%
Eugene, Oregon$86,020-30.7%
Flint, Michigan$73,830-40.5%
Fresno, California$90,190-27.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$78,160-37.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$60,690-51.1%
Houston, Texas$80,080-35.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$62,000-50.0%
Indianapolis, Indiana$57,410-53.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$77,300-37.7%
Kiryas Joel, New York$72,790-41.3%
Lafayette, Indiana$56,580-54.4%
Lakeland, Florida$84,870-31.6%
Lexington, Kentucky$62,100-49.9%
Los Angeles, California$99,110-20.1%
Louisville, Kentucky$67,500-45.6%
Lubbock, Texas$91,010-26.6%
McAllen, Texas$66,230-46.6%
Miami, Florida$87,760-29.2%
Midland, Texas$41,050-66.9%
Modesto, California$90,600-27.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$55,940-54.9%
New York, New York$87,910-29.1%
Sarasota, Florida$77,410-37.6%
Orlando, Florida$74,300-40.1%
Oxnard, California$96,510-22.2%
Palm Bay, Florida$78,260-36.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$65,850-46.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$70,950-42.8%
Portland, Oregon$95,140-23.3%
Richmond, Virginia$65,060-47.5%
Riverside, California$100,220-19.2%
Rochester, New York$71,700-42.2%
Sacramento, California$108,040-12.9%
San Antonio, Texas$82,690-33.3%
San Diego, California$98,230-20.8%
San Jose, California$129,420+4.3%
Seattle, Washington$74,930-39.6%
South Bend, Indiana$59,820-51.8%
Syracuse, New York$69,410-44.0%
Tampa, Florida$78,040-37.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$53,370-57.0%
Traverse City, Michigan$72,840-41.3%
Trenton, New Jersey$66,690-46.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$64,270-48.2%
Gross salary
124,040/yr
Estimated take-home
88,604/yr
Est. total withheld
28.6%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Francisco

These notes add local color around San Francisco, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 29-9021 SOC code
Official area San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41860 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
OaklandFremont
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

On this page

Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
4,653,593