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Have a good friend who did that for a huge hospital chain here in ATL. There are many levels of coders.. Coder I, Coder II, ETC., and its based upon how much experience you have and how many certs you have, which you cant get until you have experience and take the yearly tests to gain higher certs to get paid more. Also totally depends on if you work for a hospital or private office that only does, say, gastro procedures, etc.. She has been doing it for @ 4 years and makes @$36K a year.. It may be in demand, but it's low on the totem pole.. That being said, she just moved to Florida and got a job in less than a week.