Of the 17,340 medical billing professionals employed in California, 790 work in Sacramento. There has been a 32% growth in the number of medical billing professionals in Sacramento between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of medical billing professionals in Sacramento has increased, overall employment in Sacramento has decreased.

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As the number of medical billing professionals in Sacramento has grown, salaries for medical billing professionals have also increased. In 2010 Sacramento medical billing professionals earned an average yearly salary of $41,750. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for medical billing professionals in Sacramento was $37,760 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Sacramento.

Medical billing professionals in Sacramento make a median yearly salary of $39,230. The difference in pay between the medical billing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 152%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $26,340 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $66,380 per year.

Sacramento medical billing professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

There are 4 accredited medical billing schools in the city. Many of Sacramento's medical billing professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Sacramento's medical billing schools offer 4 medical billing degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 131 students completed medical billing courses.