Exactly 5,190 of California's 17,340 medical billing professionals work in Cerritos. The number of medical billing professionals in Cerritos has grown by 35% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of medical billing professionals in Cerritos has increased, overall employment in Cerritos has also increased.

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As the number of medical billing professionals in Cerritos has grown, salaries for medical billing professionals have also increased. In 2010 Cerritos medical billing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $39,180. Medical billing professionals in Cerritos made a yearly average salary of $32,980, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Cerritos.

Medical billing professionals make a median salary of $35,690 per year in Cerritos. The difference in pay between the medical billing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 142%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $24,850 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $60,250 per year.

On average medical billing professional salaries in Cerritos are lower than salaries earned by their professional counterparts in related professions.

Many of Cerritos' medical billing professionals are graduates of the only accredited medical billing school in the city.

There is one degree and certificate program in medical billing offered by Cerritos' medical billing school.

In 2010 approximately 3 students graduated from medical billing courses.