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This question is about medical records clerk demographics.
83.5% of medical records clerks are female in the United States. This is 1.2 percentage points higher than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female medical records clerks has decreased by -4.8 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 105,008 female medical records clerks in the U.S. and 20,751 male medical records clerks in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 125,759 people with the specific job title of medical records clerk and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Medical Records Clerks | Male Medical Records Clerks | Percentage Female Medical Records Clerks | Percentage Male Medical Records Clerks | |
| 2019 | 1,700 | 334 | 83.5% | 16.5% | |
| 2018 | 1,580 | 337 | 82.4% | 17.6% | |
| 2017 | 1,211 | 122 | 90.8% | 9.2% | |
| 2016 | 1,197 | 119 | 90.9% | 9.1% | |
| 2015 | 1,123 | 122 | 90.2% | 9.8% | |
| 2014 | 1,048 | 116 | 90.0% | 10.0% | |
| 2013 | 775 | 85 | 90.0% | 10.0% | |
| 2012 | 730 | 82 | 89.9% | 10.1% | |
| 2011 | 678 | 94 | 87.7% | 12.3% | |
| 2010 | 651 | 85 | 88.4% | 11.6% |

Additionally, female medical records clerks tend to be older than male medical records clerks. The average age of a female medical records clerk is 46.2, while the average age of a male medical records clerk is 42.2.
While the majority of U.S. medical records clerks are female in 2022, there are still some occupations where males dominate. For example, 86% of armorer technician are male. On the other hand, some medical records clerk jobs are dominated by females. 89% of radiographer, mammographer, for instance, are female.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among medical records clerks. The average male medical records clerk earns an average annual salary of $33,422, while the average female medical records clerk earns an average annual income of $32,908, meaning female medical records clerks make 98 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are medical records clerks jobs male or female dominated?
Medical Records Clerk jobs are female dominated. 83.5% of medical records clerks are female and 16.5% of medical records clerks are male in the United States.
How has the number of female medical records clerks changed over time?
The number of female medical records clerks has decreased by -4.8% since 2010. In 2010, there were 88.4% female medical records clerks and the latest data shows that there are 83.5% female medical records clerks in the U.S.

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