Exactly 440 of Louisiana's 2,470 medical billing professionals work in Shreveport. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of medical billing professionals in Shreveport has grown by 33%. Overall employment in Shreveport has also increased.

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As the number of medical billing professionals in Shreveport has grown, salaries for medical billing professionals have also increased. In 2010 medical billing professionals in Shreveport reportedly earned an average salary of $26,350 per year. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for medical billing professionals in Shreveport was $23,650 per year. The growth in the salary of medical billing professionals in Shreveport is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Medical billing professionals make a median salary of $23,310 per year in Shreveport. The 10% of medical billing professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $15,860 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $43,050 per year.

On average medical billing professionals in Shreveport earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Shreveport.

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

Shreveport's medical billing school offers one medical billing degree and certificate program.

Approximately 19 students completed medical billing courses in 2010.