The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) latest occupational employment estimates put the number of medical transcriptionist jobs in the United States at over 52,000 as of May 2024. At that time, an estimated 12,010 medical transcriptionists were employed in the twelve-state Southeastern U.S. region. BLS data reveals the Southeastern U.S. to be one of the weakest regions in the nation for medical transcriptionist pay, with more than three-fourths of the region's medical transcriptionists living in a state where the annual mean wage for the profession was below the national average. Moreover, half the states in the Southeastern U.S. ranked among the bottom quartile of all states nationally for medical transcriptionist annual mean wage levels. Further review of May 2024 BLS data details the following about medical transcriptionist pay in the Southeastern U.S.:
Medical Transcriptionist Pay in the Southeastern U.S. |
State | # Employed | Annual Mean Wages | Wage Rank* |
AL | 360 | $40,090 | 23rd |
AR | 410 | $33,610 | 46th |
FL | 2,650 | $39,370 | 25th |
GA | 2,280 | $31,910 | 49th |
KY | 500 | $36,780 | 32nd |
LA | 570 | $35,790 | 41st |
MS | 170 | $35,820 | 39th |
NC | 1,380 | $32,360 | 48th |
SC | 680 | $36,030 | 37th |
TN | 1,820 | $36,990 | 31st |
VA | 990 | $38,690 | 26th |
WV | 200 | $34,940 | 42nd |
U.S. | 52,420 | $39,090 | ------- |
(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data accessed on November 13, 2024