Healthcare Practitioners
Medical Billers & Coders
SOC 29-2072
Translate diagnoses and procedures into codes that insurers pay against.
The job
Median pay
$51k
$43k to $65k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+7.8% projected
Openings a year
14k
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Low
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
17/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
33rd pct
More exposed than 33% of occupations · modeled estimate · 83rd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
61/100
Key skills
- ICD-10 coding
- Billing software
- Detail
- Regulation
- Communication
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 21,490 | 2.2 | 1.7× | $46k |
| California | 18,700 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Texas | 17,210 | 1.2 | 1.0× | $49k |
| New York | 9,080 | 0.9 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Ohio | 7,440 | 1.3 | 1.1× | $51k |
| Pennsylvania | 6,970 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $47k |
| North Carolina | 6,760 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $50k |
| Georgia | 5,930 | 1.2 | 1.0× | $52k |
| Indiana | 5,860 | 1.8 | 1.5× | $48k |
| Illinois | 5,740 | 0.9 | 0.8× | $56k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 5,010 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $62k |
| Michigan | 4,890 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Virginia | 4,630 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $53k |
| New Jersey | 4,450 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $50k |
| Tennessee | 4,440 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $49k |
| Kentucky | 4,210 | 2.1 | 1.7× | $48k |
| Missouri | 3,890 | 1.3 | 1.1× | $51k |
| Arizona | 3,750 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Massachusetts | 3,500 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $60k |
| Minnesota | 3,150 | 1.1 | 0.8× | $62k |
| Wisconsin | 2,870 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $60k |
| South Carolina | 2,750 | 1.2 | 0.9× | $54k |
| Louisiana | 2,600 | 1.3 | 1.1× | $45k |
| Oregon | 2,560 | 1.3 | 1.0× | $59k |
| Oklahoma | 2,480 | 1.5 | 1.2× | $53k |
| Maryland | 2,440 | 0.9 | 0.7× | $54k |
| Nevada | 2,350 | 1.5 | 1.2× | $50k |
| Alabama | 2,330 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $44k |
| Mississippi | 2,310 | 2.0 | 1.6× | $42k |
| Iowa | 2,250 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $51k |
| Kansas | 2,030 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $48k |
| Arkansas | 1,920 | 1.5 | 1.2× | $42k |
| Utah | 1,910 | 1.1 | 0.9× | $53k |
| Colorado | 1,780 | 0.6 | 0.5× | $59k |
| Nebraska | 1,640 | 1.6 | 1.3× | $52k |
| Idaho | 1,490 | 1.7 | 1.4× | $53k |
| New Mexico | 1,400 | 1.6 | 1.3× | $57k |
| West Virginia | 1,260 | 1.8 | 1.4× | $47k |
| Connecticut | 1,120 | 0.7 | 0.5× | $61k |
| Alaska | 1,070 | 3.3 | 2.6× | $61k |
| Maine | 1,000 | 1.6 | 1.3× | $52k |
| New Hampshire | 930 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $49k |
| South Dakota | 900 | 2.0 | 1.6× | $52k |
| Montana | 820 | 1.6 | 1.3× | $50k |
| Rhode Island | 650 | 1.3 | 1.0× | $64k |
| Delaware | 610 | 1.3 | 1.0× | $56k |
| North Dakota | 520 | 1.2 | 1.0× | $46k |
| Vermont | 431 | 1.4 | 1.1× | $58k~ |
| Hawaii | 400 | 0.6 | 0.5× | $63k |
| Wyoming | 280 | 1.0 | 0.8× | $54k |
| Washington DC | 270 | 0.4 | 0.3× | $72k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ8,090 jobs · $61k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,240 jobs · $59k median
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX5,210 jobs · $52k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL4,530 jobs · $49k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN4,510 jobs · $58k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX3,680 jobs · $51k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD3,260 jobs · $50k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,830 jobs · $66k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Medical Billers & Coders interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.