Exactly 30 of the 1,080 medical coding professionals employed in New Hampshire, work in Portsmouth. Between 2006 and 2010, in Portsmouth, there has been a 40% decline in the number of medical coding professionals. As the number of medical coding professionals in Portsmouth has decreased, overall employment in Portsmouth has increased.

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In Portsmouth, salaries for medical coding professionals have increased. Portsmouth medical coding professionals made $36,230 per year, on average, in 2010. The average salary for medical coding professionals in Portsmouth was $32,870 per year, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Portsmouth.

Medical coding professionals make a median salary of $34,310 per year in Portsmouth. The difference in pay between the medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 195%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $17,930 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $52,870 per year.

Portsmouth medical coding professionals have earnings that are lower than the salaries earned by others in related fields, on average.

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

There is one degree and certificate program in medical coding offered by Portsmouth's medical coding school.

In 2010 approximately 13 students completed medical coding courses.