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Medical Transcriptionists earn $40,410 a year at the midpoint

Half earn more than that and half earn less. The lowest tenth are paid about $28,250, the highest tenth about $55,950 — figures from the 2025 federal wage survey.

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$40,410median a year · United States
$19.43an hour $41,710average 41,550people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$34,15025th $40,410median $48,00075th
$28,25010th percentile $55,95090th percentile
$34,150a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$50,030best-paying state · Minnesota
$27,740lowest-paying state · Oklahoma
+24%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $50,030 in Minnesota and $27,740 in Oklahoma — a gap of $22,290 a year.

Medical transcriptionist earnings, from starting pay to the top 10%

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  • Returned dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.
  • Produced medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.
  • Identified mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.

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Medical transcriptionist wages in each state

The 38 states where the most people do this work, of 50 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.80 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Minnesota $50,030 $43,970 $43,970 — $64,580 270
Wisconsin $49,150 $38,900 $38,900 — $57,050 590
Connecticut $48,190 $40,050 $40,050 — $59,360 390
Oregon $46,280 $37,080 $37,080 — $68,910 510
South Dakota $46,070 $36,160 $36,160 — $59,870 240
Nebraska $45,880 $36,370 $36,370 — $53,080 230
Illinois $45,490 $31,760 $31,760 — $55,070 970
California $45,050 $35,990 $35,990 — $62,620 5,860
Iowa $45,010 $25,600 $25,600 — $52,660 180
Tennessee $44,720 $26,420 $26,420 — $60,250 1,450
New York $43,260 $35,950 $35,950 — $56,750 2,710
Colorado $43,080 $32,010 $32,010 — $62,290 610
Texas $42,900 $22,540 $22,540 — $49,410 7,520
Florida $42,050 $28,720 $28,720 — $59,240 2,650
Pennsylvania $41,510 $32,070 $32,070 — $52,510 1,130
Indiana $41,400 $25,710 $25,710 — $51,240 790
Maryland $39,900 $31,840 $31,840 — $60,140 230
Utah $39,630 $27,460 $27,460 — $49,490 210
Nevada $39,350 $36,400 $36,400 — $51,730 210
North Carolina $39,300 $21,850 $21,850 — $51,360 1,020
New Jersey $39,020 $32,220 $32,220 — $55,950 1,710
Kentucky $39,000 $27,940 $27,940 — $52,420 690
Washington $38,690 $35,780 $35,780 — $59,920 620
Mississippi $38,600 $23,660 $23,660 — $48,460 300
Idaho $38,140 $30,890 $30,890 — $50,030 400
Louisiana $38,040 $30,600 $30,600 — $51,160 420
Missouri $37,480 $29,570 $29,570 — $49,810 310
New Mexico $37,480 $30,730 $30,730 — $55,950 210
Michigan $37,280 $30,840 $30,840 — $49,670 1,130
Ohio $37,060 $28,190 $28,190 — $51,170 680
Massachusetts $36,910 $36,440 $36,440 — $47,000 400
Arizona $36,550 $31,110 $31,110 — $50,850 700
Kansas $35,390 $23,640 $23,640 — $51,580 420
Alabama $35,340 $26,820 $26,820 — $51,250 410
Arkansas $35,100 $27,160 $27,160 — $47,020 280
South Carolina $33,870 $29,020 $29,020 — $48,360 390
Georgia $28,330 $24,530 $24,530 — $53,750 950
Oklahoma $27,740 $22,110 $22,110 — $49,470 560

Place 689 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 13% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 687 Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons $40,470
  2. 688 Aircraft Service Attendants $40,450
  3. 689 Medical Transcriptionists $40,410
  4. 690 Laborers and freight, stock and material movers $40,240
  5. 691 Butchers and Meat Cutters $40,140

Nearby work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Medical Transcriptionists$40,410
Dental assistants$48,070+$7,660 Medical Equipment Preparers$47,700+$7,290 Medical assistants$45,690+$5,280 Phlebotomists$45,230+$4,820 Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers$38,150−$2,260

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What people often ask

What is a medical transcriptionist’s yearly income?

A medical transcriptionist makes a median of $40,410 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $34,150 and $48,000.

What is a medical transcriptionist’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $19.43 an hour; the average is $41,710 a year.

What is the starting pay for a medical transcriptionist?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $34,150 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $28,250.

Which state pays medical transcriptionists the most?

Minnesota, with a median of $50,030 a year.

How many people work as medical transcriptionists?

About 41,550 in the United States — number 689 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $200 of what medical transcriptionists earn — $40,410 a year — but not always the same spread.

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