Medical Billing & Coding Salary in Washington - WA

By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: January, 24 2010

Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary Information

For medical records specialists and health information professionals, the national average salary is $31,000 per year. In Washington, the average salary is $27,000, with its seven largest cities ranging from $26,000 to $28,000.

Seattle, Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary $27,000
Spokane, Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary $28,000
Tacoma, Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary $25,000
Vancouver, Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary $27,000
Bellevue, Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary $26,000
Everett, Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary $27,000
Federal Way, Washington Medical Billing and Coding Salary $27,000

Although Washington’s unemployment rate is high at 6.4%, the medical records and health information field, under which medical billing and coding falls, is experiencing healthy job growth. As of 2006, 4,610 of the 169,700 employed in the field in the United States were in Washington. By 2016, Washingtonians can expect that number to rise by 21% to 5,560.