Of the 7,470 medical coding professionals employed in Pennsylvania, 1,680 work in Oakdale. Between 2006 and 2010, in Oakdale, there has been a 5% decline in the number of medical coding professionals. As the number of medical coding professionals in Oakdale has decreased, overall employment in Oakdale has increased.

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As the number of medical coding professionals in Oakdale has shrunk, salaries for medical coding professionals have increased. Oakdale medical coding professionals made $32,910 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, medical coding professionals in Oakdale made an average salary of $30,850 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Oakdale.

Medical coding professionals make a median salary of $30,070 per year in Oakdale. The 10% of medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $21,570 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 123% higher salaries.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 40 students completed medical coding courses.