Of the 17,340 medical coding professionals employed in California, 5,190 work in Alhambra. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of medical coding professionals in Alhambra has grown by 35%. As the number of medical coding professionals in Alhambra has increased, overall employment in Alhambra has also increased.

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As the number of medical coding professionals in Alhambra has grown, salaries for medical coding professionals have also increased. In 2010 an average salary of $39,180 per year was earned by medical coding professionals in Alhambra. Four years earlier in 2006, medical coding professionals in Alhambra made an average salary of $32,980 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Alhambra.

Medical coding professionals make a median salary of $35,690 per year in Alhambra. The difference in pay between the medical coding 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.

Medical coding professional salaries in Alhambra are, on average, lower than salaries earned for professionals in related fields.

Many of Alhambra's medical coding professionals are graduates of the only accredited medical coding school in the city.

Alhambra's medical coding school offers one medical coding degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 75 students completed medical coding courses.