The Bureau of Labor Statistics references the cancer registrar as a “health information technologist and medical registrar” in the Occupational Outlook Handbook, reflecting a median pay in May 2023 of $62,990 annually. Salaries ranged from $38,310 or less to $107,650 or more per year.
However, a review of available jobs evidences substantially higher ranges of income based upon certification, experience, level of responsibility, and agency or facility in which employment is offered. As positions may be full or part time, and on-site or home-based, earnings vary and many positions offer hourly employment.
The National Cancer Registrars Association (NCRA), a non-profit organization representing more than 6,500 cancer registrars and certified tumor registrars, does periodic job analysis surveys. The most recent survey in 2022 reported that cancer registrars and abstractors earned an average annual salary of $60,644. The survey also showed that cancer registrars and related workers employed in the West earned the highest wages and salaries.
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