Exactly 1,400 of the 2,680 medical coding professionals employed in Oregon, work in Portland. The number of medical coding professionals in Portland has grown by 19% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of medical coding professionals in Portland has increased, overall employment in Portland has also increased.

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Salaries for medical coding professionals in Portland have increased. In 2010 medical coding professionals in Portland reportedly earned an average salary of $39,040 per year. The average salary for medical coding professionals in Portland was $33,500 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of medical coding professionals in Portland is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Medical coding professionals in Portland make a median yearly salary of $37,900. The 10% of medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $26,330 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $53,230 per year.

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

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

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

In 2010 approximately 178 students completed medical coding courses.