For a state-by-state breakdown, visit our guide to medical billing and coding salaries by state. In general, though, the median yearly salary for medical records technicians and health information technicians as of May 2012 was $34,160, according to the BLS.
The median household income in the US is $50,502. This is some extremely useful data given that it is exploring over 114 million US households. If you want to know how most Americans are living this is a good figure to base your assumptions.
In the United States, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, but some states have higher minimum wages. Assuming the federal minimum wage as that is the absolute minimum in the United States, and assuming a full-time employee who works 40 hours per week: $7.25 Ã 40 = $290/week. $290 Ã 52 = $15,080/annually $15,080 / 12 = $1256.67/month - before taxes.