Medical Transcriptionists Salary in the US
A medical transcriptionists earns a national median of $40,410 a year (mean $41,710) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #723 of 825.
How much does a medical transcriptionists earn in the US?
A medical transcriptionists in the United States earns a median of $40,410 a year (mean $41,710), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 21% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 41,550 people work in this occupation (SOC 31-9094), ranked #723 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$40,410
per year
Mean
$41,710
per year
Employment
41,550
US workers
National rank
#723
of 825 by median
What a medical transcriptionists earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a medical transcriptionists (SOC 31-9094) earns a median annual wage of $40,410 and a mean (average) of $41,710. The median is the midpoint — half of medical transcriptionists earn more and half earn less — and is 21% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a medical transcriptionists in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for medical transcriptionists is $40,410, and the mean (average) is $41,710. The median is the midpoint — half of medical transcriptionists earn more and half earn less.
- How does medical transcriptionists pay compare to the US average?
- At $40,410, a medical transcriptionists earns 21% below the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many medical transcriptionists are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 41,550 medical transcriptionists employed nationally (SOC 31-9094), across all industries.
- Where does this medical transcriptionists salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 31-9094. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 31-9094 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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