Medical Records Technician

What the Numbers Say About Medical Records Technician

0.2% of the federal civilian workforce (2,289,472 employees total, March 2025) works in the Medical Records Technician occupation (OPM code 675): 5,271 people, headcount down -2.5% versus the prior period, a useful gauge for job seekers on USAJOBS trying to assess whether this role is expanding government-wide or contracting under hiring freezes and attrition.

Medical Records Technician pays $62,387 per year on average, 43.2% below the $109,869 federal civilian average, after moving up 2.6% from the prior period (a broad shift as locality pay tables and grade-level adjustments moved through the workforce). Employees in this role stay an average of 11.1 years, a mid-length average tenure, reflecting a mix of career employees and those who transfer or exit mid-career.

The Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family (code 6) groups Medical Records Technician together with 44 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Medical Records Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations, since federal hiring managers often cross-post positions across closely related codes when recruitment is difficult. All figures here come directly from OPM FedScope Employment Cubes, the same official source referenced in federal workforce planning, budget justifications, and GAO reports.

Within the Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group family, Medical Records Technician ranks #13 of 45 by headcount, accounting for 1.5% of the family's combined 356,984 employees. Its average salary ranks in the bottom half (13th percentile) of pay among Medical, Hospital, Dental, and Public Health Group occupations.