The latest occupational employment numbers available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) put medical transcriptionist employment at more than 52,000 as of May 2023.  At that time, an estimated 3,250 medical transcriptionists were working in the seven-state Great Plains region.  A review of BLS data revealed the Great Plains region to be a modestly good pay region for medical transcriptionists.  Nearly 40% of region's medical transcriptionists lived in one of the four Great Plains states where the annual mean wage level for the profession topped the national average.  This included Minnesota, which ranked first among the top five states in the nation for medical transcriptionist annual mean wages.  A deeper dive into BLS data from May 2023 reveals the following about medical transcriptionist pay in the Great Plains region:

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in the Great Plains Region

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
IA	280	$41,050	18th
KS	550	$33,710	45th
MN	430	$50,720	1st
MO	1070	$34,490	44th
NE	440	$35,810	40th
ND	190	$44,020	10th
SD	290	$43,970	11th
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 21, 2024.