Medical Transcriptionists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Medical Transcriptionists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$37,550

National average

Salary Range

$26,370 – $53,890

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Medical Transcriptionists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$57,970$42,840$75,000
Portland-South Portland, ME$56,250$44,110$60,940
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$54,290$36,550$54,290
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$53,050$45,300$71,130
Rapid City, SD$52,310$41,890$64,200
St. Cloud, MN$52,190$49,400$61,450
Minnesota$52,190$42,330$64,410
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$51,880$35,150$51,880
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$51,380$35,280$71,240
Wyoming$50,510$36,140$61,610
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,980$38,670$56,490
Duluth, MN-WI$49,950$42,330$58,640
Eau Claire, WI$49,720$38,070$56,450
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,650$31,250$58,260
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$49,460$36,530$60,320
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$49,290$39,070$56,990
Wisconsin$48,820$37,470$55,640
Maine$48,520$34,980$60,940
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$48,440$33,990$62,720
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$48,070$40,530$70,400
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$47,960$35,130$54,820
New Haven, CT$47,880$40,090$51,980
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$47,660$40,960$58,170
Asheville, NC$47,290$36,910$65,150
Green Bay, WI$47,230$37,720$52,660
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$47,230$38,410$52,000
Salem, OR$46,900$32,520$63,420
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$46,800$39,710$57,550
Connecticut$46,800$39,090$54,810
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$46,570$32,110$56,020
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$46,560$39,550$53,400
Stockton-Lodi, CA$46,280$36,560$58,800
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$45,950$37,970$51,410
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$45,800$35,280$52,700
Hawaii$45,760$43,050$57,290
Modesto, CA$45,760$35,730$64,070
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$45,600$33,480$52,920
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$45,580$29,820$59,790
South Dakota$45,580$36,180$59,790
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$45,550$38,900$54,810
Rochester, MN$45,240$44,720$59,920
Omaha, NE-IA$45,010$24,960$53,060
North Dakota$44,810$39,230$52,320
Maryland$44,760$31,800$67,720
Chico, CA$44,760$35,950$69,250
Columbus, OH$44,740$37,460$53,930
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$44,670$32,860$58,870
Pittsburgh, PA$44,410$35,410$54,110
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$44,410$36,210$56,740
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$44,340$34,910$58,270
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$44,340$34,980$57,210
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$44,290$36,590$59,210
Corpus Christi, TX$44,290$31,390$46,080
Jackson, TN$43,970$31,290$60,300
Mississippi$43,950$31,400$60,240
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$43,930$35,960$66,410
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$43,930$39,100$59,380
Appleton, WI$43,890$27,610$50,440
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$43,800$34,390$49,940
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$43,630$35,280$53,120
Syracuse, NY$43,610$31,200$49,610
Montana$43,560$36,110$57,250
Redding, CA$43,540$34,300$46,440
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$43,470$28,360$50,600
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,430$33,490$57,460
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$43,300$36,320$57,100
New Jersey$43,280$32,180$57,770
Iowa$43,230$37,110$51,380
Fargo, ND-MN$43,230$39,770$52,550
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$43,230$37,050$45,510
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$43,190$32,520$57,310
New Hampshire$43,170$35,350$55,760
Lincoln, NE$43,170$33,440$55,190
Bellingham, WA$43,120$33,860$57,580
Huntsville, AL$43,090$24,550$49,520
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$43,080$37,710$57,520
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$43,070$28,270$49,980
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$42,930$35,090$46,480
New York$42,700$34,490$54,640
Eugene-Springfield, OR$42,680$36,080$61,430
Lexington-Fayette, KY$42,560$37,710$54,330
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$42,410$31,250$50,650
Pueblo, CO$42,350$31,100$66,920
Jacksonville, FL$42,350$28,060$52,000
Knoxville, TN$42,290$35,280$54,540
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$42,240$35,700$52,040
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$42,170$28,950$49,120
Tallahassee, FL$41,930$28,400$48,690
Albuquerque, NM$41,620$29,770$54,600
Nebraska$41,540$24,960$59,770
Colorado Springs, CO$41,430$30,840$48,100
Winston-Salem, NC$41,310$22,100$56,130
Springfield, MO$41,180$35,900$53,240
Florence, SC$41,150$29,780$50,580
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$41,040$36,040$53,690
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$40,960$28,830$55,190
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$40,880$18,720$53,480
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$40,860$37,750$48,240
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$40,810$24,020$50,360
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$40,720$35,490$55,780
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$40,720$31,200$50,350
Tennessee$40,570$29,910$49,920
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$40,180$36,400$53,030
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$40,160$31,200$62,360
Nevada$40,000$36,320$57,130
Evansville, IN$39,810$34,970$48,440
Chattanooga, TN-GA$39,720$27,620$47,120
Tucson, AZ$39,630$33,910$48,610
Oregon$39,630$31,530$60,030
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$39,600$35,990$47,650
Macon-Bibb County, GA$39,600$24,530$54,580
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$39,500$29,120$48,260
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$39,340$32,950$49,710
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$39,230$31,530$59,140
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$39,090$33,650$55,240
California$39,090$34,970$57,490
Baton Rouge, LA$38,990$27,310$49,890
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$38,900$37,680$43,770
Utah$38,900$31,910$48,050
Fort Wayne, IN$38,880$22,940$48,250
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,860$24,960$48,640
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$38,810$28,520$50,370
Rochester, NY$38,740$34,400$54,520
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$38,730$18,850$61,520
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$38,650$33,440$56,580
Johnson City, TN$38,620$32,570$48,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$38,590$27,020$48,870
Florida$38,430$28,090$52,000
Colorado$38,340$31,220$56,230
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$38,310$38,310$46,770
Indiana$38,240$23,880$50,050
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$38,240$28,260$54,200
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$38,210$26,520$54,400
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,980$33,390$49,060
Massachusetts$37,850$35,100$56,720
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,810$31,930$47,510
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,700$18,850$43,980
Kentucky$37,600$23,820$48,640
Reno, NV$37,560$37,560$57,130
Columbia, SC$37,560$29,010$45,870
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$37,550$33,280$48,170
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$37,440$28,980$56,050
Kansas City, MO-KS$37,320$26,900$49,390
Lafayette, LA$37,220$31,540$79,660
Ogden, UT$37,160$31,160$45,830
Washington$37,120$33,860$58,540
Virginia$37,120$31,820$49,280
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$37,090$35,280$60,910
District of Columbia$37,070$36,400$44,970
Louisiana$36,920$25,230$58,960
Delaware$36,910$35,600$58,160
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$36,700$34,100$49,460
Fresno, CA$36,680$33,510$47,090
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$36,670$27,770$42,620
Illinois$36,610$30,870$50,790
Wichita, KS$36,600$26,050$46,640
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$36,550$33,140$55,190
Medford, OR$36,490$30,410$57,550
Arizona$36,360$30,660$51,890
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$36,350$29,060$44,740
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$36,300$30,580$36,460
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$36,280$33,750$53,870
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$36,260$24,960$48,700
Hattiesburg, MS$36,250$31,410$49,220
Saginaw, MI$36,230$31,200$36,750
Michigan$36,230$29,010$48,260
Pennsylvania$36,190$30,190$50,890
Boise City, ID$36,140$29,980$48,670
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$36,130$35,170$58,560
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$36,110$22,690$51,690
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$36,030$33,860$56,530
Idaho$36,000$27,650$48,610
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$35,960$30,660$51,650
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$35,940$25,960$46,560
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$35,850$31,140$49,020
West Virginia$35,770$31,490$69,850
Visalia, CA$35,600$34,570$60,920
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,480$30,840$44,950
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$35,360$28,230$45,830
Kansas$35,270$23,900$47,310
Springfield, IL$35,020$29,360$48,720
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$35,020$31,220$54,570
Dothan, AL$34,830$24,310$49,800
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$34,780$26,820$48,170
New Mexico$34,730$28,740$54,600
Lynchburg, VA$34,630$31,070$43,930
Richmond, VA$34,470$33,280$47,970
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$34,430$28,720$43,690
Birmingham, AL$34,320$24,220$51,300
Coeur d'Alene, ID$34,320$21,090$45,760
Boulder, CO$34,270$34,270$46,770
Mobile, AL$34,220$26,680$48,600
Alaska$34,000$31,940$62,630
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$33,870$28,330$47,560
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$33,750$23,770$44,620
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$33,510$30,720$53,090
Rhode Island$33,510$30,720$53,090
Lubbock, TX$33,280$28,370$52,940
Tyler, TX$33,090$30,900$40,560
Alabama$32,590$24,210$47,980
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$32,570$27,230$36,080
Idaho Falls, ID$32,270$20,670$40,400
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$32,260$24,300$46,950
Anchorage, AK$31,940$31,940$62,630
Arkansas$31,710$24,760$45,180
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$31,590$30,400$53,780
South Carolina$31,480$27,660$49,190
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$31,480$27,040$52,000
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$31,420$27,150$44,110
Gainesville, FL$31,130$31,130$54,030
Toledo, OH$31,090$26,080$57,450
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$31,050$31,050$50,970
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$30,370$23,550$37,670
Tulsa, OK$30,200$21,250$51,750
Missouri$30,060$28,710$48,460
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$30,010$28,620$41,430
Ohio$29,540$24,700$49,680
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$29,500$22,220$59,980
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$29,160$23,180$47,330
Texas$29,080$21,340$49,250
Oklahoma$28,920$20,590$46,280
Akron, OH$28,840$24,110$48,840
St. Louis, MO-IL$28,800$28,800$48,460
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$28,540$24,760$44,890
Oklahoma City, OK$28,440$20,800$40,510
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$28,410$23,240$40,660
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$28,110$21,620$40,830
Puerto Rico$28,030$23,240$40,660
Montgomery, AL$27,980$24,260$44,810
Georgia$27,750$23,830$51,610
Topeka, KS$27,690$22,940$44,440
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$27,660$27,660$42,260
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$27,530$23,830$52,220
North Carolina$27,390$19,610$47,400
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$27,310$23,320$44,370
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$27,040$17,080$38,000
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$27,000$23,660$35,100
Raleigh-Cary, NC$26,990$17,140$39,660
Cleveland, OH$26,610$22,250$38,730
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$26,050$17,310$44,910
El Paso, TX$25,760$21,340$34,910
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$25,650$19,890$32,760
Greensboro-High Point, NC$25,060$21,490$48,360
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$23,820$23,560$36,500
Athens-Clarke County, GA$23,040$23,040$45,750
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$21,930$16,760$45,800

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Medical Transcriptionists make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Medical Transcriptionists is $37,550, with a typical range of $26,370 – $53,890 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Medical Transcriptionists?β–Ύ

Entry-level Medical Transcriptionists positions typically start around $26,370 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Medical Transcriptionistss earn the most?β–Ύ

Medical Transcriptionistss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.