Currently Certified Professional Coders have a 1.7 percent unemployment rate, compared with the national unemployment average of 7.4 percent.
Here are eight statistics comparing approximate unemployment rates between 2012 and 2013 for coders of various educational backgrounds.
Coders without a college degree:
2012 — 10 percent
2013 — 5 percent
Those with a college degree:
2012 — 11 percent
2013 — 6 percent
CPC:
2012 — 3.5 percent
2013 — 2 percent
Apprentices:
2012 — 24 percent
2013 — 15 percent
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