Of the 7,470 medical coding professionals employed in Pennsylvania, 1,680 work in Washington. Between 2006 and 2010, in Washington, there has been a 5% decline in the number of medical coding professionals. As the employment for medical coding professionals in Washington has decreased, overall employment in Washington has increased.

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• Light Blue: Medical Coding in Washington
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As the number of medical coding professionals in Washington has shrunk, salaries for medical coding professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $32,910 per year was earned by medical coding professionals in Washington. Medical coding professionals in Washington made a yearly average salary of $30,850, four years earlier in 2006. This growth is slower than the salary trend for all careers in Washington.

Medical coding professionals in Washington earn a median salary of $30,070 per year. The 10% of medical coding professionals in the lowest pay bracket earn less than $21,570 per year, while those in the highest pay bracket earn approximately 123% higher salaries.

On average medical coding professionals in Washington earn salaries that are lower than the salaries earned by other professionals in Washington.

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

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

Approximately 38 students graduated from medical coding courses in 2010.