Of the 3,130 medical coding professionals employed in Maryland, 1,940 work in Baltimore. There has been a 29% growth in the number of medical coding professionals in Baltimore between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of medical coding professionals in Baltimore has increased, overall employment in Baltimore has also increased.

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Salaries for medical coding professionals in Baltimore have increased. Baltimore medical coding professionals made $41,490 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, medical coding professionals in Baltimore made an average salary of $36,200 per year. The growth in the salary of medical coding professionals in Baltimore is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Baltimore medical coding professionals earn a median yearly salary of $40,180. The 10% of medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $24,760 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $64,540 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 70 students completed medical coding courses.