Exactly 1,550 of the 4,130 medical coding professionals employed in Wisconsin, work in Milwaukee. There has been a 121% growth in the number of medical coding professionals in Milwaukee between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for medical coding professionals in Milwaukee has increased, overall employment in Milwaukee has also increased.

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Salaries for medical coding professionals in Milwaukee have increased. In 2010 Milwaukee medical coding professionals earned an average yearly salary of $36,080. Four years earlier in 2006, medical coding professionals in Milwaukee made an average salary of $32,820 per year. The growth in the salary of medical coding professionals in Milwaukee is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Medical coding professionals in Milwaukee make a median yearly salary of $35,590. The difference in pay between the medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 130%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $22,340 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $51,440 per year.

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

Many of Milwaukee's medical coding professionals are graduates of one of the 3 accredited medical coding schools in the city.

Milwaukee's medical coding schools offer 3 medical coding degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 143 students graduated from medical coding courses.