Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in the Great Plains Region

The latest occupational employment numbers available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) put medical transcriptionist employment at more than 55,800 as of May 2021.  At that time, an estimated 3,270 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. More than 60% 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 among the top five states in the nation for medical transcriptionist annual mean wages.  A deeper dive into BLS data from May 2021 reveals the following about medical transcriptionist pay in the Great Plains region:

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in the Great Plains Region

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in the Great Plains Region

State # Employed Annual Mean Wages Wage Rank*
IA 570 $33,600 34th
KS 510 $33,870 33rd
MN 690 $44,390 3rd
MO 680 $35,060 26th
NE 480 $36,950 21st
ND 340 $33,940 32nd
SD 380 $39,350 13th
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 June 4, 2022

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