Medical Billing and Coding Salaries
BLS OEWS May 2025 · national and state pay for medical coders, billers and revenue cycle staff
One medical billing and coding job title is an exact fit for a BLS occupation: medical coders, counted in medical records specialists.
That page has a full percentile table and pay in every state BLS published.
BLS has no medical biller occupation, so the medical biller pages show billing and posting clerks, the closest available (broader) group; O*NET lists biller and billing specialist among its titles, labelled on every page and state page.
The other titles, including the combined medical billing and coding specialist, sit inside a broader occupation or borrow the closest available one, and each page names the occupation behind its number.
Credentialing specialists and revenue integrity analysts have no BLS figure and no salary page.
Every figure is payroll pay from the BLS wage survey.
Self-employed and freelance billers and coders are not in it, and no page here quotes certification-body salary surveys, per-chart rates or billing company owner income.
Salary by state
Medical Coder salary by state: median $51,140, pay in 51 of the 50 states + DC (BLS occupation: SOC 29-2072 Medical Records Specialists) →Medical Biller salary by state: median $48,500, pay in 51 of the 50 states + DC (billing and posting clerks, the closest available (broader) group; O*NET lists biller and billing specialist among its titles: SOC 43-3021 Billing and Posting Clerks) →Medical billing and coding salaries by role
| Role | Median shown | What the number is |
|---|---|---|
| Medical Billing and Coding Specialist | $51,140 | Closest available occupation (SOC 29-2072) |
| Medical Coder | $51,140 | BLS occupation (SOC 29-2072) |
| Inpatient Coder | $51,140 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 29-2072) |
| Outpatient Coder | $51,140 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 29-2072) |
| Surgery Coder | $51,140 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 29-2072) |
| Risk Adjustment Coder | $51,140 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 29-2072) |
| Coding Auditor | $51,140 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 29-2072) |
| Coding Manager | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| CDI Specialist | $68,020 | Closest available occupation (SOC 29-9021) |
| Health Information Technician | $68,020 | Closest available occupation (SOC 29-9021) |
| Medical Biller | $48,500 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 43-3021) |
| Medical Billing Manager | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| Revenue Cycle Specialist | $48,500 | Closest available occupation (SOC 43-3021) |
| Revenue Cycle Manager | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| Prior Authorization Specialist | $49,230 | Closest available occupation (weak match) (SOC 43-9041) |
| Insurance Verification Specialist | $49,230 | Closest available occupation (weak match) (SOC 43-9041) |
| Patient Account Representative | $48,500 | Closest available occupation (SOC 43-3021) |
| Denial Management Specialist | $48,500 | Closest available occupation (SOC 43-3021) |
| Payment Poster | $48,500 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 43-3021) |
| Charge Entry Specialist | $48,500 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 43-3021) |
| Medical Claims Processor | $49,230 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 43-9041) |
Medians are annual, BLS OEWS May 2025, for wage-and-salary workers only (no self-employed, private households, overtime or most bonuses), across all industries.