Exactly 570 of the 17,340 medical coding professionals employed in California, work in San Jose. There has been a 15% decline in the number of medical coding professionals in San Jose between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of medical coding professionals in San Jose has decreased, overall employment in San Jose has also decreased.

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As the number of medical coding professionals in San Jose has shrunk, salaries for medical coding professionals have increased. In 2010 San Jose medical coding professionals earned an average yearly salary of $46,850. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for medical coding professionals in San Jose was $42,920 per year. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in San Jose.

Medical coding professionals in San Jose earn a median salary of $44,430 per year. The difference in pay between the medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 104%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $32,550 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $66,540 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 12 students graduated from medical coding courses in 2010.