Medical coding salary: $150K median
The median advertised Medical coding salary is $150K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $102K to $215K: counted from 67 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $72 an hour or $12,500 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $286K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Medical coding jobs
$150Kmedian advertised salary
$102K – $215Kmiddle half of roles
$177Kaverage advertised salary
67roles counted
Medical coding salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $220K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸California | $218K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $150K | 59 |
Skills that pay more for Medical coding roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI | $240K | +$90K | 9 |
| LLM | $220K | +$70K | 25 |
| AI agents | $215K | +$65K | 7 |
| Machine Learning | $211K | +$61K | 8 |
| HL7 FHIR | $210K | +$60K | 8 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Odewithanthropic | $338K | 11 |
| Beparallel | $225K | 3 |
| Akasa | $209K | 4 |
| Judi Health | $134K | 3 |
| Oscar Health | $124K | 10 |
| Machinify | $105K | 12 |
Highest-paying open Medical coding roles
All Medical coding jobs- Principal, AI TransformationOdewithanthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$450K - $600KLead and aboveLLMAIMedical coding
- Principal, AI Transformation - Healthcare & Life SciencesOdewithanthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office$450K - $600KLead and aboveLLMAIMedical devices
- Senior Director, Real World Data (RWD)Freenome · Remote$236K - $335KRemoteLead and abovePythonSQLGCP
- Medical Director Scientific AffairsOscar Health · Remote$238K - $312KRemoteLead and aboveClinical trialsBoard certificationPharmacy
- Medical Coding Lead, USBeparallel · 🇺🇸New York$150K - $300KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsRevenue cycle management
- Engineering Lead, USBeparallel · 🇺🇸New York$200K - $300KLead and aboveLLMAI agentsSOC 2
- Associate Director/Director, Data Science, EHR AIFormation Bio · 🇺🇸Boston, MA; New York, NY$214K - $267KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Physician Informatician (MD required)Layer Health · 🇺🇸United States$200K - $260KPythonSQLMachine Learning
- Software Engineer, Applied AIAkasa · 🇺🇸San Francisco$180K - $250KHybridPython.NETMachine Learning
- Solutions Architect - Digital Native Business (Healthtech)Databricks · 🇺🇸Remote - California; San Francisco, California$180K - $248KRemotePythonSQLGCP
- Sr. Product ManagerAkasa · 🇺🇸San Francisco$185K - $240KHybridSenior.NETMachine LearningLLM
- Associate Director, Clinical Data ManagementBeeline Medicines · 🇺🇸United States$181K - $235KLead and aboveGCPData qualityReconciliations
- Senior / Principal Data Scientist, EHR AIFormation Bio · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA; Raleigh-Durh…$186K - $232KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM
- Senior Product Manager, CatalogParachute Health · 🇺🇸U.S. Remote$170K - $220KRemoteSeniorSQLAI agentsData quality
- Senior Clinical Data ManagerTango Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Boston, MA$145K - $217KSeniorGCPData qualityReconciliations
- Clinical InformaticistKnit Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco$165K - $200KPythonSQLLLM
- Lead Clinical Data ManagerIambic Therapeutics · 🇺🇸Remote - US$152K - $190KRemoteLead and abovePythonGCPIAM
- Staff Analyst, Analytics - Population Health and Unified ReportingJudi Health · 🇺🇸Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; Denver, Colorad…$111K - $188KLead and abovePythonSQLdbt
- Healthcare Audience StrategistBranchLab · 🇺🇸Boulder, CO$120K - $180KHybridMedical coding
- Founding EngineerEmberai · 🇺🇸Burlingame, CA$140K - $180KPythonTypeScriptReact
Questions about Medical coding pay
- What is the average Medical coding salary?
- $177K a year on average and $150K at the median, across 67 open Medical coding postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $102K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Medical coding pay?
- Odewithanthropic ($338K), Beparallel ($225K), Akasa ($209K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a medical coding a high-paying job?
- The median Medical coding posting advertises $150K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 14% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a medical coding?
- A tenth of the postings offer $286K a year or more; the highest open Medical coding role advertises up to $600K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Medical coding salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $150K a year is about $72 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,500 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $49 to $103 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Medical coding roles?
- Postings that ask for AI (+$90K, 9 postings), LLM (+$70K, 25 postings), AI agents (+$65K, 7 postings) advertise more than the $150K median of all Medical coding postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Medical coding roles at companies is $150K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $102K to $215K. Counted from 67 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/medical-coding/
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