Exactly 790 of Arizona's 4,870 medical coding professionals work in Tucson. Between 2006 and 2010, the number of medical coding professionals in Tucson has shrunk by 5%. Overall employment in Tucson has also decreased.

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As the number of medical coding professionals in Tucson has shrunk, salaries for medical coding professionals have also decreased. In 2010 an average salary of $28,820 per year was earned by medical coding professionals in Tucson. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for medical coding professionals in Tucson was $30,420 per year. The decline in the salary of medical coding professionals in Tucson is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Medical coding professionals in Tucson make a median yearly salary of $25,760. The difference in pay between the medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 121%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $19,300 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $42,670 per year.

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

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

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

Approximately 33 students completed medical coding courses in 2010.