Exactly 1,720 of Missouri's 3,750 medical billing professionals work in Saint Louis. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of medical billing professionals in Saint Louis has shrunk by 34%. As the number of medical billing professionals in Saint Louis has decreased, overall employment in Saint Louis has increased.

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As the number of medical billing professionals in Saint Louis has shrunk, salaries for medical billing professionals have increased. Saint Louis medical billing professionals made $33,230 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for medical billing professionals in Saint Louis was $28,300 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Saint Louis.

Medical billing professionals make a median salary of $31,140 per year in Saint Louis. The difference in pay between the medical billing professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 124%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $21,660 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $48,510 per year.

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

There is only one accredited medical billing school in the city. Many of Saint Louis' medical billing professionals are graduates of this school.

Saint Louis' medical billing schools offer 2 medical billing degree and certificate programs.

Approximately 36 students completed medical billing courses in 2010.