Medical Transcriber Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

Nationally, there are 98,000 working as medical transcribers. This occupation has a low ranking for joblessness. The jobless rate for employees was about 4% in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Medical transcribers per capita is greatest in Michigan City (Indiana), Hot Springs (Arkansas), and Lewiston (Idaho). Oxnard (California), Santa Rosa (California), and Las Vegas (Nevada) have the fewest per capita.

The highest salaries for workers are found in San Jose (California), Bethesda (Maryland), and Santa Ana (California), and the lowest-paying areas are in Johnstown (Pennsylvania), Albany (Georgia), and Monroe (Louisiana).

Training and Education

A postsecondary vocational award is generally expected for employees. Recent data shows that 10% of medical transcribers have a degree. Workers with some schooling beyond high school, but not a four college degree, represent about 59% of the total. A high school diploma or GED, without further education, is held by 31% of employees. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Medical transcribers working less than full time, whether by design or chance, were 23% of the total. Approximately 10% of people who work as workers are self-employed.

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Medical Transcribers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of medical transcribers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for medical transcribers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$30,000	350
Mobile	$29,000	170
Huntsville	$28,000	150
Dothan	$28,000	120
Montgomery	$30,000	100
Tuscaloosa	$28,000	100
Florence	$24,000	60
Gadsden	$30,000	40
Auburn	$30,000	30
Decatur	$31,000	30

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$42,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$35,000	1,420
Tucson	$32,000	270
Kingman	$37,000	70
Prescott	$33,000	70

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$30,000	290
Hot Springs	$32,000	110
Fayetteville	$28,000	80
Fort Smith	$27,000	60
Jonesboro	$31,000	60

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Santa Ana	$44,000	540
San Diego	$40,000	440
Riverside	$38,000	440
San Jose	$47,000	350
Sacramento	$40,000	320
Oakland	$44,000	280
Modesto	$39,000	120
Fresno	$39,000	110
Bakersfield	$36,000	90
Santa Barbara	$36,000	80
Salinas	$46,000	70
Chico	$32,000	70
Oxnard	$38,000	70
Santa Rosa	$43,000	40
San Luis Obispo	$40,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$39,000	540
Colorado Springs	$35,000	160
Boulder	$39,000	110
Grand Junction	$25,000	60
Pueblo	$29,000	60
Fort Collins	$35,000	50
Greeley	$36,000	30

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$33,000	260
Bridgeport	$36,000	140
New Haven	$42,000	130
Waterbury	$38,000	80
Norwich	$37,000	50

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$35,000	140
Dover	$31,000	50

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$36,000	600

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$31,000	990
Orlando	$31,000	750
Jacksonville	$33,000	410
Miami	$33,000	370
Fort Lauderdale	$35,000	310
West Palm Beach	$30,000	210
Sarasota	$34,000	150
Lakeland	$32,000	150
Palm Bay	$31,000	150
Ocala	$29,000	140
Deltona	$30,000	130
Port St Lucie	$32,000	100
Gainesville	$26,000	100
Cape Coral	$33,000	90
Pensacola	$29,000	70
Tallahassee	$31,000	70
Naples	$35,000	50
Sebastian	$30,000	40
Fort Walton Beach	$33,000	40

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$33,000	620
Macon	$29,000	100
Savannah	$35,000	70
Brunswick	$30,000	60
Columbus	$28,000	60
Rome	$32,000	40
Valdosta	$27,000	40
Athens	$32,000	40
Albany	$21,000	40
Gainesville	$35,000	30

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$41,000	120

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$31,000	350
Coeur Dalene	$36,000	120
Lewiston	$34,000	60
Pocatello	$32,000	30

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$35,000	2,080
Peoria	$37,000	120
Springfield	$35,000	90
Champaign	$36,000	90
Rockford	$32,000	80
Kankakee	$33,000	30

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$32,000	630
Gary	$31,000	230
Evansville	$30,000	190
Fort Wayne	$30,000	160
Michigan City	$28,000	150
South Bend	$33,000	130
Terre Haute	$32,000	80
Muncie	$31,000	80
Elkhart	$29,000	70
Bloomington	$33,000	60
Lafayette	$32,000	50

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$30,000	540
Cedar Rapids	$30,000	160
Davenport	$33,000	150
Waterloo	$32,000	140
Sioux City	$30,000	80
Ames		70
Dubuque	$26,000	60
Iowa City	$30,000	60

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$30,000	180
Topeka	$31,000	70

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$31,000	490
Lexington	$29,000	180
Elizabethtown	$28,000	40
Bowling Green		40

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$30,000	420
Shreveport	$31,000	190
Baton Rouge	$29,000	160
Monroe	$21,000	90
Lafayette	$25,000	80
Alexandria	$25,000	60
Lake Charles	$25,000	60
Houma	$26,000	30

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$33,000	220
Bangor	$33,000	180
Lewiston	$30,000	70

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$35,000	600
Bethesda	$48,000	150
Hagerstown	$29,000	90
Salisbury	$35,000	60
Cumberland	$28,000	60

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$38,000	940
Brockton		260
Springfield	$35,000	140
Worcester	$36,000	130

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$33,000	460
Grand Rapids	$34,000	350
Detroit	$33,000	200
Ann Arbor	$43,000	130
Flint	$32,000	130
Saginaw	$26,000	120
Kalamazoo	$30,000	100
Muskegon	$29,000	70
Lansing	$30,000	50
Monroe	$33,000	50
Holland	$31,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$37,000	1,710
Duluth	$34,000	240
St Cloud	$33,000	170

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$30,000	230
Hattiesburg	$25,000	70
Gulfport	$29,000	30

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$33,000	960
Kansas City	$32,000	850
Springfield	$31,000	160
Columbia	$28,000	90
Jefferson City	$29,000	30

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Missoula	$33,000	90

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$32,000	280
Lincoln	$33,000	140

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$36,000	160

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Manchester	$36,000	160
Rochester	$33,000	40

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$39,000	480
Camden	$33,000	410
Newark	$40,000	350
Trenton	$38,000	60
Atlantic City	$38,000	50

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$30,000	170

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$41,000	1,590
Rochester	$35,000	580
Buffalo	$30,000	560
Nassau	$40,000	500
Syracuse	$30,000	290
Albany	$34,000	220
Poughkeepsie	$37,000	130
Utica	$30,000	100
Binghamton	$36,000	60

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Raleigh	$31,000	400
Charlotte	$33,000	390
Winston Salem	$37,000	340
Greensboro	$34,000	260
Asheville	$31,000	200
Fayetteville	$33,000	110
Hickory	$31,000	110
Greenville	$31,000	90
Wilmington	$34,000	70
Durham	$34,000	70
Goldsboro	$30,000	50
Burlington	$36,000	30

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$28,000	230
Bismarck	$28,000	130

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cincinnati	$31,000	690
Cleveland	$33,000	530
Columbus	$31,000	450
Akron	$33,000	420
Toledo	$32,000	340
Dayton	$32,000	290
Youngstown	$29,000	220
Canton	$28,000	200
Sandusky	$31,000	70
Lima	$29,000	70
Springfield	$30,000	60
Mansfield	$29,000	50

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$25,000	490
Tulsa	$31,000	380

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$40,000	670
Eugene	$35,000	130
Salem	$35,000	90
Medford	$32,000	90
Bend	$37,000	50

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$32,000	1,340
Pittsburgh	$30,000	1,330
Harrisburg	$31,000	310
Allentown	$32,000	280
Lancaster	$31,000	280
Scranton	$29,000	220
Erie	$30,000	130
Reading	$33,000	90
Johnstown	$24,000	70
York	$33,000	70
Lebanon	$27,000	60
Altoona	$29,000	50
Williamsport	$26,000	30

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$36,000	410

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Greenville	$31,000	190
Columbia	$31,000	180
Charleston	$30,000	150
Spartanburg	$25,000	120
Florence	$30,000	60
Myrtle Beach	$29,000	40

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$30,000	290
Rapid City	$31,000	130

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Memphis	$31,000	320
Knoxville	$28,000	280
Chattanooga	$32,000	260
Kingsport	$29,000	150
Johnson City	$28,000	90
Jackson	$31,000	70
Morristown	$27,000	30

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Dallas	$36,000	1,060
Houston	$35,000	900
San Antonio	$28,000	530
Fort Worth	$36,000	270
Austin	$32,000	230
Lubbock	$28,000	130
Tyler	$30,000	120
Mcallen	$30,000	110
El Paso	$27,000	100
Amarillo	$31,000	90
College Station	$32,000	60
Abilene	$28,000	50
Corpus Christi	$29,000	50
Beaumont	$32,000	50
Brownsville	$34,000	50
Wichita Falls	$28,000	40
Longview	$32,000	40
Texarkana	$33,000	40

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Ogden	$24,000	90
Provo	$31,000	80

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$31,000	140

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Richmond	$29,000	530
Virginia Beach	$29,000	510
Roanoke	$31,000	120
Winchester	$29,000	50
Lynchburg	$30,000	40

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$38,000	1,110
Spokane	$33,000	240
Tacoma	$37,000	170
Olympia	$35,000	130
Kennewick	$37,000	80
Bremerton	$38,000	40
Wenatchee	$34,000	40
Bellingham	$38,000	40
Longview	$36,000	30

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Huntington	$24,000	250
Charleston	$26,000	120
Morgantown	$31,000	110
Parkersburg	$25,000	70
Wheeling	$28,000	40

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$34,000	950
Madison	$35,000	470
Green Bay	$33,000	340
Appleton	$33,000	200
Eau Claire	$33,000	180
Racine	$33,000	120
Janesville	$34,000	110
Oshkosh	$31,000	110
Wausau	$32,000	90
Sheboygan	$30,000	60
Fond	$30,000	50

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Casper	$32,000	60
Cheyenne	$29,000	60

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