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Average Medical Records Specialists Salary in Muncie, IN

Medical Records Specialists in Muncie, IN earn a median annual salary of $43,160, which is -15.6% compared to the national median. There are 170 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Muncie, IN (metro area).

$43,160
Muncie, IN median annual wage
$21/hour median
-15.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $51,140
170
Local employment
3.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
2.96
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$38,120
25th
$38,120
Median
$43,160
75th
$45,300
90th
$79,070

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Muncie, IN, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
88.1%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$48,963
Goods: 94.3%
Services: 86.4%
Rents: 57.5%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $86,890 Compare 920
Vallejo, CA $82,230 Compare 130
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $75,150 Compare 1,340
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $74,400 Compare 1,880
New Haven, CT $67,290 Compare 220
Iowa City, IA $66,340 Compare 330

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Muncie, IN

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Physicians, All Other $436,300 0.88
General Internal Medicine Physicians $303,660 2.77
Dentists, General $190,750 1.23
Pharmacists $135,280 1.34
Architectural And Engineering Managers $128,370 0.48
Computer And Information Systems Managers $127,880 0.63
Nurse Practitioners $122,490 1.54
Human Resources Managers $119,310 0.50

Muncie, IN has salary data for 193 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for Medical Records Specialists in Muncie, IN

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Medical Records Specialists are projected to change by +7.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 14,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.