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 55,800 as of May 2021.  At that time, about 3.7% 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 top state in the nation for medical transcriptionist annual mean wages.  A closer review of BLS data from May 2021 reveals the following about medical transcriptionist pay in New England:

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in New England

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
CT	900	$49,810	1st
MA	700	$39,950	11th
ME	140	$37,630	17th
NH	140	$39,060	15th
RI	140	$36,160	24th
VT	50	$42,380	9th
U.S.	55,830	$34,220	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data accessed on May 28, 2022