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Health Informatics Specialist: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.

The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.

BLS does not publish pay for health informatics specialists separately. Every pay figure on this page is for the BLS occupation “Computer Systems Analysts” (SOC 15-1211), which includes health informatics specialists and other jobs; it is not a figure for health informatics specialists alone.

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Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · O*NET 31.0
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Median percentile pay

Half of workers in the BLS occupation “Computer Systems Analysts” earn more than this and half earn less.

Annual
$105,850
Hourly
$50.89
Source
BLS May 2025
Quick answer

Health Informatics Specialists apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. The median pay is $105,850 a year ($50.89 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a master's degree (52% of workers surveyed by O*NET).

Median pay
$105,850
BLS May 2025
Employed in the U.S.
519,530
BLS May 2025
Preparation
Job Zone 5 of 5
extensive preparation
Most common education
Master's Degree
52% of workers
Key facts

Health Informatics Specialists at a glance

  • Workers in the BLS occupation “Computer Systems Analysts” (which includes health informatics specialists) in the United States earned a median annual wage of $105,850 in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

    Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025

  • In its 2025–35 employment projections, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists a bachelor's degree as the typical entry-level education for health informatics specialists in the United States.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS projects employment of health informatics specialists in the United States to grow 7.9% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,900 openings a year on average, including replacement openings.

    Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35

  • BLS estimates that 86.1% of computer systems analysts in the United States had the ability to telework in 2025, a preliminary estimate of whether the job allows it, not a count of remote jobs.

    Source: BLS Occupational Requirements Survey, 2025 preliminary

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The work

What health informatics specialists do day to day

Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).

  1. Translate nursing practice information between nurses and systems engineers, analysts, or designers, using object-oriented models or other techniques.
  2. Use informatics science to design or implement health information technology applications for resolution of clinical or health care administrative problems.
  3. Develop or implement policies or practices to ensure the privacy, confidentiality, or security of patient information.
  4. Analyze and interpret patient, nursing, or information systems data to improve nursing services.
  5. Identify, collect, record, or analyze data relevant to the nursing care of patients.
  6. Develop, implement, or evaluate health information technology applications, tools, processes, or structures to assist nurses with data management.
  7. Disseminate information about nursing informatics science and practice to the profession, other health care professions, nursing students, and the public.
  8. Analyze computer and information technologies to determine applicability to nursing practice, education, administration, and research.
Job requirements

What the job requires

Data BLS figures for computer systems analysts (SOC 15-1211), 2025 preliminary BLS Occupational Requirements Survey. This TryHired page covers a specialty within that occupation; the figures describe the whole occupation.

Telework available
86.1%
of workers had the ability to telework
Workday sitting
93.7%
mean share of the day required to sit
Most common strength level
Sedentary
96.6% of workers
Can pause work
more than 90%
of workers could take short, unscheduled breaks
Self-paced workload
60.1%
of workers set their own workload
Employer-changed schedules
7.1%
of workers had schedules changed by the employer week to week

On TryHired lists: Remote careers · Desk jobs.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Requirements Survey. Estimates are preliminary; ranges are shown as published.

Where this career works

Industries that employ it

Data Share of all health informatics specialist jobs in each industry, 2025 (BLS Employment Matrix). Figures cover all computer systems analysts (SOC 15-1211), the broader occupation.

  1. Professional, scientific, and technical services32.8% of all jobs in this occupation · +13.7% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $120,460
  2. Management of companies and enterprises10.3% of all jobs in this occupation · +4.6% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $116,720
  3. Government, excluding state and local education and hospitals7.4% of all jobs in this occupation · +2.9% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $100,380
  4. Insurance carriers and related activities7.1% of all jobs in this occupation · +6.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $109,600
  5. Hospitals; state, local, and private5.2% of all jobs in this occupation · +3.8% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $105,200
  6. Credit intermediation and related activities4.9% of all jobs in this occupation · +7.1% projected change here 2025–35 · mean wage $116,990

Sources: BLS 2025–35 National Employment Matrix (share of the occupation's jobs, projected change) and BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates (mean wage). Different industry estimates are not a pay forecast for any person.

Skills that matter

Ranked by importance to the job

Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.

Reading ComprehensioncoreComplex Problem SolvingcoreActive ListeningcoreWritingSpeakingCritical ThinkingJudgment and Decision MakingSystems AnalysisSystems Evaluation

Knowledge areas: Computers and Electronics, English Language, Medicine and Dentistry, Education and Training, Customer and Personal Service, Administration and Management.

Tools and technology

Software health informatics specialists use

Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.

  • SASAnalytical or scientific softwareIn demand
  • Apache HadoopData base management system softwareHot technology
  • ESRI ArcGIS softwareGeographic information systemHot technology
  • Epic SystemsMedical softwareHot technology
  • IBM SPSS StatisticsAnalytical or scientific softwareHot technology
  • MEDITECH softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • Microsoft VisioProcess mapping and design softwareHot technology
  • eClinicalWorks EHR softwareMedical softwareHot technology
  • Allscripts Professional EHRMedical software
  • Allscripts SunriseMedical software
  • Amkai AmkaiChartsMedical software
  • Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMRMedical software

Also called: Health Informatic Specialist, Clinical Electronic Health Record Nurse (Clinical EHR Nurse), Clinical Informaticist, Clinical Informatics Analyst, Clinical Informatics Nurse, Clinical Informatics Specialist, Health Informaticist.

Method

How this page is built

Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the cosine similarity of the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level and subtract the average across all occupations, then compare the direction of the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 means unrelated or opposite (negative values are shown as 0). Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.

What this page can't tell you
  • How a specific employer defines the job.
  • Pay for self-employed workers (OEWS covers employees).
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Sources
  1. O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).

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