The most current occupational employment data available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) put the number of medical transcriptionists working in the U.S. at more than 55,800 as of May 2021.  BLS data revealed the Mid-Eastern U.S. region to be a modestly good region for medical transcriptionist pay, with all five Mid-Eastern states recording an annual mean wage level for medical transcriptionists that was above the national average for the profession.  This included New Jersey, which ranked among the top five states in the nation for medical transcriptionist annual mean wages.  Additional examination of BLS data from May 2021 reveals the following details about medical transcriptionist pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.:

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
DE	270	$34,540	29th
MD	320	$40,290	10th
NJ	n/a	$43,990	4th
NY	3,030	$34,600	28th
PA	1,940	$37,140	19th
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 18, 2022