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Medical Transcriptionists

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Government data shows about 98,000 for medical transcriptionists. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

23% of people working as employees are employed part-time. Medical transcriptionists work for themselves about 10% of the time.

Training and Education

Education requirements for this career usually include a postsecondary vocational award. Approximately 10% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among medical transcriptionists about 59% went to college but did not get a degree. Among workers, 31% have a high school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs are relatively more common in Michigan City (Indiana), Hot Springs (Arkansas), and Lewiston (Idaho), and less common in Oxnard (California), Santa Rosa (California), and Las Vegas (Nevada).

Average income is highest in San Jose (California), Bethesda (Maryland), and Santa Ana (California) and lowest in Johnstown (Pennsylvania), Albany (Georgia), and Monroe (Louisiana).

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Medical Transcriptionists: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Medical Transcriptionists, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Medical Transcriptionists are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Medical Transcriptionists are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAuburn30$29,6401.3
AlabamaBirmingham350$29,8701.1
AlabamaDecatur30$31,2201.1
AlabamaDothan120$27,740 3.8
AlabamaFlorence60$24,140 2.3
AlabamaGadsden40$29,840 2.4
AlabamaHuntsville150$28,2701.3
AlabamaMobile170$28,8401.6
AlabamaMontgomery100$30,3001
AlabamaTuscaloosa100$27,760 2.1
AlaskaAnchorage60$42,4600.7
ArizonaKingman70$36,860 2.6
ArizonaPhoenix1,420$35,4001.3
ArizonaPrescott70$33,030 2.1
ArizonaTucson270$31,9801.3
ArkansasFayetteville80$28,2900.7
ArkansasFort Smith60$26,8100.9
ArkansasHot Springs110$31,760 6
ArkansasJonesboro60$30,770 2.4
ArkansasLittle Rock290$30,0001.5
CaliforniaBakersfield90$35,9100.6
CaliforniaChico70$31,6901.9
CaliforniaFresno110$39,1100.6
CaliforniaModesto120$38,8301.3
CaliforniaOakland280$43,9700.5
CaliforniaOxnard70$38,2400.4
CaliforniaRiverside440$37,6100.6
CaliforniaSacramento320$39,6900.6
CaliforniaSalinas70$46,4200.8
CaliforniaSan Diego440$39,9500.6
CaliforniaSan Jose350$47,2200.6
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo30$39,9300.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana540$44,0000.6
CaliforniaSanta Barbara80$36,0700.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa40$42,9800.4
ColoradoBoulder110$39,2301.2
ColoradoColorado Springs160$34,5901.1
ColoradoDenver540$38,9500.7
ColoradoFort Collins50$34,6700.7
ColoradoGrand Junction60$25,460 2
ColoradoGreeley30$35,6800.7
ColoradoPueblo60$28,510 2.2
ConnecticutBridgeport140$35,7500.5
ConnecticutHartford260$33,1800.8
ConnecticutNew Haven130$41,9700.8
ConnecticutNorwich50$36,9400.7
ConnecticutWaterbury80$37,630 2.2
DelawareDover50$31,4101.8
DelawareWilmington140$34,9000.7
District of ColumbiaWashington600$36,0300.4
FloridaCape Coral90$32,6100.8
FloridaDeltona130$30,3301.5
FloridaFort Lauderdale310$34,9900.7
FloridaFort Walton Beach40$33,1601
FloridaGainesville100$25,6001.6
FloridaJacksonville410$32,5401.2
FloridaLakeland150$31,8201.4
FloridaMiami370$33,2000.6
FloridaNaples50$35,0900.7
FloridaOcala140$29,160 2.7
FloridaOrlando750$31,2501.2
FloridaPalm Bay150$31,0701.3
FloridaPensacola70$28,9000.8
FloridaPort St Lucie100$32,2401.4
FloridaSarasota150$33,9101
FloridaSebastian40$30,2601.6
FloridaTallahassee70$30,6900.8
FloridaTampa990$31,2301.4
FloridaWest Palm Beach210$29,6800.7
GeorgiaAlbany40$20,9801.3
GeorgiaAthens40$31,9201
GeorgiaAtlanta620$33,2100.4
GeorgiaBrunswick60$29,820 2.8
GeorgiaColumbus60$28,4101
GeorgiaGainesville30$34,7800.8
GeorgiaMacon100$28,5301.8
GeorgiaRome40$31,710 2.2
GeorgiaSavannah70$35,2300.8
GeorgiaValdosta40$26,7301.4
HawaiiHonolulu120$41,0700.5
IdahoBoise350$30,930 2.3
IdahoCoeur Dalene120$36,030 4.2
IdahoLewiston60$34,330 5.5
IdahoPocatello30$31,700 2
IllinoisChampaign90$35,9101.8
IllinoisChicago2,080$35,2000.9
IllinoisKankakee30$33,3901.6
IllinoisPeoria120$36,6201.2
IllinoisRockford80$32,2500.9
IllinoisSpringfield90$35,1501.6
IndianaBloomington60$32,9701.6
IndianaElkhart70$29,2501
IndianaEvansville190$30,3901.9
IndianaFort Wayne160$30,3601.3
IndianaGary230$30,6201.4
IndianaIndianapolis630$31,5901.2
IndianaLafayette50$31,8101.2
IndianaMichigan City150$28,490 6.9
IndianaMuncie80$31,000 3.5
IndianaSouth Bend130$33,0501.7
IndianaTerre Haute80$32,290 2.2
IowaAmes70  3.7
IowaCedar Rapids160$29,860 2.1
IowaDavenport150$33,3201.4
IowaDes Moines540$30,360 2.8
IowaDubuque60$26,470 2.3
IowaIowa City60$29,5401.6
IowaSioux City80$29,890 2.1
IowaWaterloo140$32,360 3
KansasTopeka70$30,8701.2
KansasWichita180$29,5701
KentuckyBowling Green40 1.3
KentuckyElizabethtown40$27,5401.8
KentuckyLexington180$28,6601.3
KentuckyLouisville490$30,8901.3
LouisianaAlexandria60$25,4501.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge160$28,8000.7
LouisianaHouma30$25,7800.6
LouisianaLafayette80$25,4101
LouisianaLake Charles60$25,0301.3
LouisianaMonroe90$20,980 2.1
LouisianaNew Orleans420$30,4101.4
LouisianaShreveport190$30,7201.9
MaineBangor180$32,880 5.3
MaineLewiston70$30,080 2.8
MainePortland220$33,4001.9
MarylandBaltimore600$35,3300.8
MarylandBethesda150$47,9300.4
MarylandCumberland60$27,570 3.4
MarylandHagerstown90$28,7201.7
MarylandSalisbury60$34,930 2.2
MassachusettsBoston940$37,9000.9
MassachusettsBrockton260  5.4
MassachusettsSpringfield140$35,3400.8
MassachusettsWorcester130$36,2300.9
MichiganAnn Arbor130$43,1401.4
MichiganDetroit200$32,9800.5
MichiganFlint130$31,9401.7
MichiganGrand Rapids350$34,0301.6
MichiganHolland40$31,3000.7
MichiganKalamazoo100$29,8601.3
MichiganLansing50$30,3300.5
MichiganMonroe50$33,390 2.5
MichiganMuskegon70$29,400 2.2
MichiganSaginaw120$26,030 2.9
MichiganWarren460$33,4500.7
MinnesotaDuluth240$33,940 3.4
MinnesotaMinneapolis1,710$36,7501.6
MinnesotaSt Cloud170$33,070 3
MississippiGulfport30$28,8200.5
MississippiHattiesburg70$25,240 2.4
MississippiJackson230$29,6201.6
MissouriColumbia90$27,550 2
MissouriJefferson City30$29,4700.8
MissouriKansas City850$31,9901.4
MissouriSpringfield160$30,5701.4
MissouriSt Louis960$33,4801.2
MontanaMissoula90$33,350 3.4
NebraskaLincoln140$32,7501.5
NebraskaOmaha280$31,6501
NevadaLas Vegas160$35,9800.3
New HampshireManchester160$35,910 2.8
New HampshireRochester40$33,0801.4
New JerseyAtlantic City50$38,1000.6
New JerseyCamden410$32,8901.3
New JerseyEdison480$39,0100.8
New JerseyNewark350$40,1100.6
New JerseyTrenton60$37,8900.5
New MexicoAlbuquerque170$30,0000.7
New YorkAlbany220$34,0100.9
New YorkBinghamton60$35,8201
New YorkBuffalo560$29,5201.8
New YorkNassau500$40,3600.7
New YorkNew York1,590$40,9400.5
New YorkPoughkeepsie130$36,5700.9
New YorkRochester580$34,6802
New YorkSyracuse290$29,7201.6
New YorkUtica100$30,1901.4
North CarolinaAsheville200$30,7702
North CarolinaBurlington30$35,5401
North CarolinaCharlotte390$33,3200.7
North CarolinaDurham70$33,6400.4
North CarolinaFayetteville110$32,7601.6
North CarolinaGoldsboro50$30,330 2.7
North CarolinaGreensboro260$34,2401.2
North CarolinaGreenville90$31,250 2.4
North CarolinaHickory110$31,4501.2
North CarolinaRaleigh400$31,4701.3
North CarolinaWilmington70$34,0100.9
North CarolinaWinston Salem340$37,320 2.8
North DakotaBismarck130$27,640 4.4
North DakotaFargo230$27,940 3.6
OhioAkron420$33,410 2.1
OhioCanton200$28,080 2
OhioCincinnati690$30,8101.1
OhioCleveland530$32,9600.8
OhioColumbus450$31,2300.8
OhioDayton290$32,4101.3
OhioLima70$28,680 2.6
OhioMansfield50$29,1701.9
OhioSandusky70$30,920 4
OhioSpringfield60$30,250 2.5
OhioToledo340$32,1501.9
OhioYoungstown220$29,1601.6
OklahomaOklahoma City490$25,0401.5
OklahomaTulsa380$30,8401.5
OregonBend50$36,9801.4
OregonEugene130$35,0301.6
OregonMedford90$31,6202
OregonPortland670$40,2001.1
OregonSalem90$35,3401.1
PennsylvaniaAllentown280$32,0701.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona50$28,5101.6
PennsylvaniaErie130$30,2601.9
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg310$30,6501.7
PennsylvaniaJohnstown70$23,510 2.4
PennsylvaniaLancaster280$31,230 2.1
PennsylvaniaLebanon60$27,150 2.6
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1,340$32,4201.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1,330$29,6602
PennsylvaniaReading90$33,4601
PennsylvaniaScranton220$29,3201.5
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport30$25,6301.2
PennsylvaniaYork70$32,8500.7
Rhode IslandProvidence410$35,9201.2
South CarolinaCharleston150$29,9700.9
South CarolinaColumbia180$31,1300.9
South CarolinaFlorence60$30,0701.3
South CarolinaGreenville190$30,5701.1
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach40$29,2500.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg120$25,0301.8
South DakotaRapid City130$30,640 4
South DakotaSioux Falls290$29,770 3.8
TennesseeChattanooga260$32,1201.9
TennesseeJackson70$30,680 2.3
TennesseeJohnson City90$27,830 2.3
TennesseeKingsport150$28,920 2.4
TennesseeKnoxville280$27,9201.4
TennesseeMemphis320$31,4800.9
TennesseeMorristown30$27,3901.3
TexasAbilene50$27,6901.5
TexasAmarillo90$30,5901.6
TexasAustin230$31,6700.5
TexasBeaumont50$31,6500.6
TexasBrownsville50$33,5100.7
TexasCollege Station60$32,0101.5
TexasCorpus Christi50$28,9400.5
TexasDallas1,060$36,4800.8
TexasEl Paso100$27,0500.7
TexasFort Worth270$36,4600.5
TexasHouston900$34,6600.6
TexasLongview40$31,7400.8
TexasLubbock130$27,8501.9
TexasMcallen110$30,4100.9
TexasSan Antonio530$28,4901.1
TexasTexarkana40$33,4201.4
TexasTyler120$30,200 2.4
TexasWichita Falls40$28,4001.3
UtahOgden90$23,6300.8
UtahProvo80$31,4800.9
VermontBurlington140$31,080 2.3
VirginiaLynchburg40$30,0200.7
VirginiaRichmond530$29,4001.5
VirginiaRoanoke120$30,6001.3
VirginiaVirginia Beach510$29,4001.1
VirginiaWinchester50$28,9801.9
WashingtonBellingham40$37,7800.9
WashingtonBremerton40$38,3600.9
WashingtonKennewick80$36,5801.7
WashingtonLongview30$36,0301.9
WashingtonOlympia130$34,720 2.6
WashingtonSeattle1,110$37,8001.3
WashingtonSpokane240$32,970 2
WashingtonTacoma170$37,0001.1
WashingtonWenatchee40$34,430 2
West VirginiaCharleston120$26,3601.5
West VirginiaHuntington250$24,420 4
West VirginiaMorgantown110$31,390 4.7
West VirginiaParkersburg70$25,1201.9
West VirginiaWheeling40$27,8001.2
WisconsinAppleton200$33,080 3.2
WisconsinEau Claire180$33,330 4.4
WisconsinFond50$30,050 2.3
WisconsinGreen Bay340$33,200 3.6
WisconsinJanesville110$33,580 3.2
WisconsinMadison470$34,670 2.4
WisconsinMilwaukee950$33,7501.9
WisconsinOshkosh110$30,910 2.4
WisconsinRacine120$33,450 2.9
WisconsinSheboygan60$30,320 2
WisconsinWausau90$32,080 2.5
WyomingCasper60$31,620 3.2
WyomingCheyenne60$29,310 2.8
 

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