Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Medical Transcriptionists
Medical Transcriptionists transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Medical Transcriptionists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $21,790 to $27,070 per year or $10 to $13 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Medical Transcriptionists to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
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Highest (Top 10%) | $27 | $55,220 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $22 | $45,260 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $17 | $35,270 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $13 | $27,070 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $10 | $21,790 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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CA | $25 | $51,600 |
MN | $23 | $47,400 |
CT | $23 | $47,270 |
NJ | $22 | $44,840 |
VT | $21 | $43,080 |
HI | $21 | $43,070 |
NE | $20 | $41,920 |
WY | $20 | $41,730 |
OK | $20 | $41,370 |
UT | $20 | $41,190 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Medical Transcriptionist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Medical Transcriptionists are in the states of CA, MN, CT, NJ and VT.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Offices of Dentists | $50850 | $24.45 |
Local Government | $46400 | $22.31 |
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services | $44690 | $21.49 |
Legal Services | $44600 | $21.44 |
Specialty Hospitals | $44010 | $21.16 |
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories | $43160 | $20.75 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $42550 | $20.46 |
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services | $41180 | $19.80 |
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | $40890 | $19.66 |
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) | $40470 | $19.46 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities | $39670 | $19.07 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $39060 | $18.78 |
Offices of Physicians | $38020 | $18.28 |
Home Health Care Services | $37880 | $18.21 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $37810 | $18.18 |
Offices of Other Health Practitioners | $36990 | $17.79 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services | $36580 | $17.59 |
Employment Services | $36360 | $17.48 |
Vocational Rehabilitation Services | $35280 | $16.96 |
Individual and Family Services | $35270 | $16.96 |
Business Support Services | $34410 | $16.55 |
Office Administrative Services | $33290 | $16.01 |
Outpatient Care Centers | $31370 | $15.08 |
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | $23620 | $11.36 |