Medical Records Specialists · SOC 29-2072
Medical Records Specialists Salary in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Medical Records Specialists in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $45,210 per year ($21.74 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,940 at the 10th percentile to $60,490 at the 90th. BLS estimates 160 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Medical Records Specialists in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $45,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,150 and $59,780.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $30,940 | $36,150 | $45,210 | $59,780 | $60,490 |
| Hourly | $14.88 | $17.38 | $21.74 | $28.74 | $29.08 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,210 median for Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,150 to $59,780
- West Virginiastate$47,360 median for West Virginia; middle half earns $38,090 to $59,950
- United Statesnational$51,140 median for United States; middle half earns $43,490 to $64,820
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −5% vs West Virginia overall and −12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in West Virginia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for medical records specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$45,210 median for Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,150 to $59,780
- $52,000 median for Huntington metro area; middle half earns $40,330 to $62,690
- $50,220 median for Morgantown metro area; middle half earns $38,690 to $62,140
- $47,130 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $36,970 to $59,010
- $46,910 median for Wheeling metro area; middle half earns $36,250 to $57,220
- $46,340 median for Weirton metro area; middle half earns $37,500 to $61,390
- $41,320 median for Beckley metro area; middle half earns $33,940 to $56,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for medical records specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.