Medical Records Specialists Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Medical Records Specialists in Richmond, Virginia earns $56,530 a year.

$56,530 / year, mean
↓ 2.1% below national average 88th percentile in Virginia

Richmond pays well above most of Virginia for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for medical records specialists — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
740
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.8%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 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 $97,430 Sacramento $76,110 San Francisco $75,570 Seattle $72,530 Vallejo $71,410 Mount Vernon $70,730 Santa Maria $69,770 Stockton $67,630 New York $66,990 Redding $66,810 Santa Cruz $66,640 Longview $66,540 Santa Rosa $65,920 Los Angeles $65,810 San Diego $65,500 Napa $65,150 Portland $64,930 Chico $64,380 Oxnard $63,940 Corvallis $63,250 Riverside $63,070 Atlantic City $62,560 Lexington Park $61,790 Visalia $61,540 Bend $61,500 Walla Walla $61,380 Bellingham $61,150 Grants Pass $61,050 Fresno $60,940 Kennewick $60,690 Salinas $60,650 Buffalo $60,540 Bremerton $60,510 Trenton $60,310 Ann Arbor $60,060 Baltimore $59,820 Eugene $59,660 Vineland $59,550 Midland $59,530 Chicago $59,350 Merced $59,350 Charlottesville $59,240 Spokane $58,940 Kiryas Joel $58,850 Salem $58,530 Kingston $58,460 Albany $58,320 El Centro $58,280 Kokomo $58,210 Yuba City $58,130 Ithaca $58,080 Reading $57,910 San Luis Obispo $57,850 Midland $57,470 Olympia $57,390 Louisville $57,300 Hagerstown $57,170 Kankakee $57,150 Salisbury $57,110 Hanford $57,100 Dallas $57,030 Modesto $57,000 Bakersfield $56,920 Houston $56,910 Springfield $56,910 Gainesville $56,880 Yakima $56,630 Richmond $56,530 Syracuse $56,400 Tampa $56,260 Philadelphia $56,060 Lebanon $56,010 Saginaw $55,710 Chambersburg $55,550 Wenatchee $55,480 Indianapolis $55,420 Medford $55,390 Fort Wayne $55,330 Watertown $55,240 Williamsport $55,190 Sarasota $54,720 Naples $54,590 Huntington $54,360 Jacksonville $54,230 Binghamton $54,170 Dover $54,070 Virginia Beach $53,970 Miami $53,960 Deltona $53,910 Lexington $53,910 Grand Rapids $53,880 Rochester $53,830 Bloomington $53,790 Crestview $53,680 Harrisburg $53,650 Peoria $53,640 Killeen $53,320 Allentown $53,120 South Bend $52,740 Columbus $52,650 Morgantown $52,470 Kalamazoo $52,340 State College $52,310 Austin $52,290 Detroit $52,150 Champaign $52,120 Odessa $52,030 Jackson $52,010 Traverse City $51,900 Lakeland $51,850 Elkhart $51,840 Rockford $51,810 Lynchburg $51,660 Pittsburgh $51,650 Decatur $51,160 Tyler $51,150 Elizabethtown $51,050 Victoria $50,990 Palm Bay $50,960 York $50,950 Johnstown $50,920 Bloomington $50,640 Evansville $50,460 Flint $50,460 Abilene $50,430 Punta Gorda $50,340 Weirton $50,280 Staunton $50,240 Amarillo $50,230 Paducah $50,080 Niles $50,030 Pensacola $49,990 Utica $49,780 Blacksburg $49,760 Lansing $49,740 San Antonio $49,740 Terre Haute $49,590 Owensboro $49,240 Battle Creek $49,230 Lancaster $49,210 San Angelo $49,030 Bowling Green $49,020 Charleston $48,820 Tallahassee $48,750 El Paso $48,740 Orlando $48,640 Sebastian $48,550 Roanoke $48,540 Muskegon $48,300 Muncie $48,230 Glens Falls $48,070 Wheeling $48,030 Longview $48,020 Erie $47,470 Port St. Lucie $47,450 Wildwood $47,210 Homosassa Springs $47,180 Altoona $46,940 Scranton $46,900 Wichita Falls $46,610 Ocala $46,540 Beckley $46,210 Panama City $46,190 College Station $46,120 Beaumont $45,850 Lubbock $45,740 Fort Myers $45,690 Winchester $45,600 Sebring $45,580 Sherman $44,820 Waco $44,710 Laredo $43,180 Parkersburg $42,940 McAllen $42,450 Brownsville $42,420 Corpus Christi $42,120 Texarkana $39,760
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Abilene, Texas$50,430-10.8%
Albany, New York$58,320+3.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$53,120-6.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$46,940-17.0%
Amarillo, Texas$50,230-11.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$60,060+6.2%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$62,560+10.7%
Austin, Texas$52,290-7.5%
Bakersfield, California$56,920+0.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$59,820+5.8%
Battle Creek, Michigan$49,230-12.9%
Beaumont, Texas$45,850-18.9%
Beckley, West Virginia$46,210-18.3%
Bellingham, Washington$61,150+8.2%
Bend, Oregon$61,500+8.8%
Binghamton, New York$54,170-4.2%
Blacksburg, Virginia$49,760-12.0%
Bloomington, Illinois$50,640-10.4%
Bloomington, Indiana$53,790-4.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$49,020-13.3%
Bremerton, Washington$60,510+7.0%
Brownsville, Texas$42,420-25.0%
Buffalo, New York$60,540+7.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$45,690-19.2%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$55,550-1.7%
Champaign, Illinois$52,120-7.8%
Charleston, West Virginia$48,820-13.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$59,240+4.8%
Chicago, Illinois$59,350+5.0%
Chico, California$64,380+13.9%
College Station, Texas$46,120-18.4%
Columbus, Indiana$52,650-6.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$42,120-25.5%
Corvallis, Oregon$63,250+11.9%
Crestview, Florida$53,680-5.0%
Dallas, Texas$57,030+0.9%
Decatur, Illinois$51,160-9.5%
Deltona, Florida$53,910-4.6%
Detroit, Michigan$52,150-7.7%
Dover, Delaware$54,070-4.4%
El Centro, California$58,280+3.1%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$51,050-9.7%
Elkhart, Indiana$51,840-8.3%
El Paso, Texas$48,740-13.8%
Erie, Pennsylvania$47,470-16.0%
Eugene, Oregon$59,660+5.5%
Evansville, Indiana$50,460-10.7%
Flint, Michigan$50,460-10.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$55,330-2.1%
Fresno, California$60,940+7.8%
Gainesville, Florida$56,880+0.6%
Glens Falls, New York$48,070-15.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$53,880-4.7%
Grants Pass, Oregon$61,050+8.0%
Hagerstown, Maryland$57,170+1.1%
Hanford, California$57,100+1.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,650-5.1%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$47,180-16.5%
Houston, Texas$56,910+0.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$54,360-3.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$55,420-2.0%
Ithaca, New York$58,080+2.7%
Jackson, Michigan$52,010-8.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$54,230-4.1%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$50,920-9.9%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$52,340-7.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$57,150+1.1%
Kennewick, Washington$60,690+7.4%
Killeen, Texas$53,320-5.7%
Kingston, New York$58,460+3.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$58,850+4.1%
Kokomo, Indiana$58,210+3.0%
Lakeland, Florida$51,850-8.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$49,210-12.9%
Lansing, Michigan$49,740-12.0%
Laredo, Texas$43,180-23.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$56,010-0.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$53,910-4.6%
Lexington Park, Maryland$61,790+9.3%
Longview, Texas$48,020-15.1%
Longview, Washington$66,540+17.7%
Los Angeles, California$65,810+16.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$57,300+1.4%
Lubbock, Texas$45,740-19.1%
Lynchburg, Virginia$51,660-8.6%
McAllen, Texas$42,450-24.9%
Medford, Oregon$55,390-2.0%
Merced, California$59,350+5.0%
Miami, Florida$53,960-4.5%
Midland, Michigan$59,530+5.3%
Midland, Texas$57,470+1.7%
Modesto, California$57,000+0.8%
Morgantown, West Virginia$52,470-7.2%
Mount Vernon, Washington$70,730+25.1%
Muncie, Indiana$48,230-14.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$48,300-14.6%
Napa, California$65,150+15.2%
Naples, Florida$54,590-3.4%
New York, New York$66,990+18.5%
Niles, Michigan$50,030-11.5%
Sarasota, Florida$54,720-3.2%
Ocala, Florida$46,540-17.7%
Odessa, Texas$52,030-8.0%
Olympia, Washington$57,390+1.5%
Orlando, Florida$48,640-14.0%
Owensboro, Kentucky$49,240-12.9%
Oxnard, California$63,940+13.1%
Paducah, Kentucky$50,080-11.4%
Palm Bay, Florida$50,960-9.9%
Panama City, Florida$46,190-18.3%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$42,940-24.0%
Pensacola, Florida$49,990-11.6%
Peoria, Illinois$53,640-5.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$56,060-0.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$51,650-8.6%
Portland, Oregon$64,930+14.9%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$47,450-16.1%
Punta Gorda, Florida$50,340-10.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$57,910+2.4%
Redding, California$66,810+18.2%
Riverside, California$63,070+11.6%
Roanoke, Virginia$48,540-14.1%
Rochester, New York$53,830-4.8%
Rockford, Illinois$51,810-8.3%
Sacramento, California$76,110+34.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$55,710-1.5%
Salem, Oregon$58,530+3.5%
Salinas, California$60,650+7.3%
Salisbury, Maryland$57,110+1.0%
San Angelo, Texas$49,030-13.3%
San Antonio, Texas$49,740-12.0%
San Diego, California$65,500+15.9%
San Francisco, California$75,570+33.7%
San Jose, California$97,430+72.4%
San Luis Obispo, California$57,850+2.3%
Santa Cruz, California$66,640+17.9%
Santa Maria, California$69,770+23.4%
Santa Rosa, California$65,920+16.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$46,900-17.0%
Seattle, Washington$72,530+28.3%
Sebastian, Florida$48,550-14.1%
Sebring, Florida$45,580-19.4%
Sherman, Texas$44,820-20.7%
South Bend, Indiana$52,740-6.7%
Spokane, Washington$58,940+4.3%
Springfield, Illinois$56,910+0.7%
State College, Pennsylvania$52,310-7.5%
Staunton, Virginia$50,240-11.1%
Stockton, California$67,630+19.6%
Syracuse, New York$56,400-0.2%
Tallahassee, Florida$48,750-13.8%
Tampa, Florida$56,260-0.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$49,590-12.3%
Texarkana, Texas$39,760-29.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$51,900-8.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$60,310+6.7%
Tyler, Texas$51,150-9.5%
Utica, New York$49,780-11.9%
Vallejo, California$71,410+26.3%
Victoria, Texas$50,990-9.8%
Vineland, New Jersey$59,550+5.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$53,970-4.5%
Visalia, California$61,540+8.9%
Waco, Texas$44,710-20.9%
Walla Walla, Washington$61,380+8.6%
Watertown, New York$55,240-2.3%
Weirton, West Virginia$50,280-11.1%
Wenatchee, Washington$55,480-1.9%
Wheeling, West Virginia$48,030-15.0%
Wichita Falls, Texas$46,610-17.5%
Wildwood, Florida$47,210-16.5%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$55,190-2.4%
Winchester, Virginia$45,600-19.3%
Yakima, Washington$56,630+0.2%
York, Pennsylvania$50,950-9.9%
Yuba City, California$58,130+2.8%
Gross salary
56,530/yr
Estimated take-home
45,165/yr
Est. total withheld
20.1%

Single filer, federal + Virginia 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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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

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

Occupation 29-2072 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
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.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321