Medical coder salary

Open medical coder jobs post a median of $32.50 an hour, with the middle half paying $28.25–$37.75: about $67,600 a year full time. Measured from 185 jobs at 89 employers that state their pay, read from each employer's own job board.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median /hr

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Medical coder jobs

What medical coders are paid

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint). The middle half of employers' rates is in the darker color.

Posted hourly rates of 185 open jobs. The chart spans the 2nd to the 98th percentile; the lowest rate posted is $14.55, the highest $70.67.

Posted on open jobs

$28.25–$37.75/hr

Middle half of 146 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $32.50. 40% of the 466 open medical coder jobs state an hourly rate.

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Medical coder pay by employer

What each employer posts for medical coders, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
UnitedHealth Group	$28	$20–$43	23
CommonSpirit Health	$34.25	$19.87–$50.58	12
University of Rochester Medical Center	$27	$20.34–$38.14	8
Kaiser Permanente	$43.50	$32.16–$70.67	6
Mayo Clinic	$32	$20.46–$39.67	6
Fairview Health Services	$32.75	$24.85–$41.35	4
Capital Health	$31.50	$21.76–$38.25	4
Carle Health	$31.50	$23.58–$39.38	4
UPMC	$27.50	$19.39–$60.52	4
Gundersen Health System	$23	$21.63–$24.36	4
Westchester Medical Center Health Network	$47.25	$39.66–$54.97	3
Cedars-Sinai	$41.50	$32.64–$67.78	3
Beth Israel Lahey Health	$35.25	$27.03–$45.41	3
Hackensack Meridian Health	$35.25	$35.17	3
Endeavor Health	$34	$23.70–$43.55	3
AdventHealth	$31.50	$19.96–$49.39	3
BJC HealthCare	$26.75	$20.17–$35.84	3
Loma Linda University Health	$46.75	$32.25–$58.48	2
Maimonides Health	$45.50	$39.58–$51.45	2
MemorialCare	$42.50	$33.79–$51.46	2
Emanate Health	$41.75	$32–$51.31	2
Inova	$41.50	$28.74–$55.75	2
Northwestern Medicine	$35.50	$29.24–$42.39	2
TidalHealth	$32.75	$24.41–$41.72	2
Emory Healthcare	$32.50	$29.33–$35.66	2
Essentia Health	$31	$24.60–$37.76	2
Puyallup Tribal Health Authority	$30.50	$27.45–$34.66	2
Renown Health	$30.25	$24.44–$36.63	2
OSF HealthCare	$29.50	$25.10–$34.13	2
Brown University Health	$29.25	$19.97–$40.07	2
Auburn Community Hospital	$27.50	$23.36–$31.64	2
Mass General Brigham	$27	$22.22–$31.71	2
Monument Health	$26.50	$22.63–$30.54	2
Calvert Health System	$23.75	$19–$28.32	2
UW Medicine	$50	$49.88	1
Northwell Health	$49.75	$45.94–$53.55	1
Valley Health System (New Jersey)	$46.50	$41.30–$51.62	1
Sutter Health	$43.75	$35.04–$52.56	1
Sentara Health	$43	$34.92–$50.83	1
Moffitt Cancer Center	$42.50	$33.62–$51.27	1

Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.

Medical coder pay by state

States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state an hourly rate, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.

State	Median posted	Middle half	BLS median	Jobs
California	$41.50	$38–$43.75	$29.71 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	19
New Jersey	$34	$30.50–$35	$24.16 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	9
Washington	$33.75	$32.25–$37.50	$29.94 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	8
Illinois	$32.75	$31–$35.50	$27.14 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	15
Minnesota	$32	$29.50–$33.50	$29.58 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	35
New York	$31.50	$27.25–$45.50	$29.67 (source: BLS OEWS, state medians, opens in a new tab)	19

Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (May 2025).

Medical coder jobs that state a yearly salary

Some jobs state a salary for the year instead of an hourly rate. They are measured on their own here, never converted.

19 open jobs from 10 employers state a yearly salary: a median of $80,400, the middle half $72,300 to $87,400, from $40,000 to $133,188 posted.

Best-paid open medical coder jobs

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

Inpatient Coder
Kaiser Permanente · Santa Rosa, San Francisco and 2 more, CA· 2w ago
$60.52–$70.67/hr
Regional Hospital Inpatient Coder, Onsite, Fontana, FT
Kaiser Permanente · Fontana, CA· 2mo ago
$61.38–$67.33/hr
Hospital Inpatient Coder
Cedars-Sinai · Los Angeles, CA· 4d ago
$43.73–$67.78/hr
Inpatient Coder(Remote)
Westchester Medical Center Health Network · Margaretville, NY· 2w ago
$53.370/hr
Coding Specialist
Maimonides Health · Brooklyn, NY· 1w ago
$51.45/hr
Coder 3-HIM
Loma Linda University Health · San Bernardino, CA· 1mo ago
$43.47–$58.48/hr
Inpatient Coding Specialist - Level 1 Trauma
UW Medicine · Olympia, WA· 3mo ago
$49.88/hr
Medical Records Coder
Northwell Health · Lake Success, NY· 2mo ago
$45.94–$53.55/hr
Lead Certified Coder QAOI- Remote
UPMC · Pittsburgh, PA· 1d ago
$34.98–$60.52/hr
Inpatient Coder
Westchester Medical Center Health Network · Valhalla, NY· 5d ago
$39.66–$54.97/hr
Lead HIM Coding Specialist, Health Information Management, Full Time, Day
Valley Health System (New Jersey) · Ridgewood, NJ· 2mo ago
$41.30–$51.62/hr
Medical Records Coder 4 - Inpatient
Inova · Virginia· 1w ago
$34.2–$55.75/hr

Every open job: Medical coder jobs

What BLS measures

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys what people employed in the occupation earn, at every level of experience. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered, so the two measure different things.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Medical Records Specialists (29-2072)	$17.79 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Records Specialists, opens in a new tab)	$20.91 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Records Specialists, opens in a new tab)	$24.59 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Records Specialists, opens in a new tab)	$31.17 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Records Specialists, opens in a new tab)	$39.01 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Records Specialists, opens in a new tab)	194,720 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Records Specialists, opens in a new tab)

The posted median ($32.50) is $7.91 above the BLS median ($24.59 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Medical Records Specialists, opens in a new tab)). Posted ranges run from a new hire's rate to an experienced one's, and their midpoint is counted here.

Medical coder salary: common questions

How much does a medical coder make an hour?

Open medical coder jobs on CareJobs.Now that state an hourly rate post a median of $32.50, with the middle half between $28.25–$37.75 (185 jobs from 89 employers, each employer's advertised range counted once). Postings advertise a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics measured a median of $24.59/hr ($51,140 a year) for medical records specialists in May 2025.

How much does a medical coder make a year?

At the posted median of $32.50 an hour, full time (2,080 hours a year) comes to about $67,600, and the middle half to $58,800 to $78,500. That is arithmetic on the hourly rate, not a salary any job states. 19 open jobs state a yearly salary instead, a median of $80,400.

Which states pay medical coders the most?

By the median hourly rate open jobs post: California ($41.50), New Jersey ($34) and Washington ($33.75). The lowest: New York ($31.50), Minnesota ($32) and Illinois ($32.75). Each state's page breaks its pay down by town and employer.

Which employers pay medical coders the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least 5 open jobs: Kaiser Permanente ($43.50), CommonSpirit Health ($34.25) and Mayo Clinic ($32). The employer table lists the 40 employers with the most jobs stating pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay CareJobs.Now's open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 185 of 466 open medical coder jobs (40%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none, "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out, and each employer's advertised range counts once in the median, so no single employer sets it.

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used: a plain hourly or yearly figure or range in US dollars, read from the job's own posting. A range counts at its midpoint. In the median and the middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; an employer's own figures count its jobs one by one. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates under a third or over three times the occupation's median are left out. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours (40 a week). A job counts under its occupation and every occupation above it, and under every state it is open in. A page exists while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate. BLS figures are as published.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025: Medical Records Specialists (SOC 29-2072), published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Records Specialists by state, published May 15, 2026
BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035: Medical Records Specialists (Occupational Outlook Handbook), published August 27, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Medical coder salary. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/medical-coder

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