The most current occupational employment data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) put the number of working medical transcriptionists at more than 1,470 as of May 2023.  At that time, about 3% of all medical transcriptionist jobs were in the six-state New England region.  An examination of BLS data revealed New England to be one of the top paying regions in the nation for medical transcriptionists. Every New England state recorded a medical transcriptionist annual mean wage level that exceeded the national average for the profession, with Connecticut ranked as the 3rd highest state in the nation for medical transcriptionist annual mean wages.  A closer review of BLS data from May 2023 reveals the following about medical transcriptionist pay in New England:

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in New England

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
CT	680	$47,480	3rd
MA	560	$44,400	8th
ME	80	$45,640	6th
NH	60	$38,120	27th
RI	90	$40,630	19th
VT	N/A	N/A	N/A
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 December 10, 2024