Exactly 440 of the 2,470 medical coding professionals employed in Louisiana, work in Shreveport. There has been a 33% growth in the number of medical coding professionals in Shreveport between the years 2006 and 2010. As the employment for medical coding professionals in Shreveport has increased, overall employment in Shreveport has also increased.

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In Shreveport, salaries for medical coding professionals have increased. In 2010 Shreveport medical coding professionals earned an average yearly salary of $26,350. Medical coding professionals in Shreveport made a yearly average salary of $23,650, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of medical coding professionals in Shreveport is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Medical coding professionals make a median salary of $23,310 per year in Shreveport. The 10% of medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $15,860 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately $43,050 per year.

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

There are 2 accredited medical coding schools in the city. Many of Shreveport's medical coding professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

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

In 2010 approximately 135 students graduated from medical coding courses.