The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) latest occupational employment estimates put the number of medical transcriptionist jobs in the United States at over 52,000 as of May 2024.  At that time, an estimated 12,010 medical transcriptionists were employed in the twelve-state Southeastern U.S. region.  BLS data reveals the Southeastern U.S. to be one of the weakest regions in the nation for medical transcriptionist pay, with more than three-fourths of the region's medical transcriptionists living in a state where the annual mean wage for the profession was below the national average.  Moreover, half the states in the Southeastern U.S. ranked among the bottom quartile of all states nationally for medical transcriptionist annual mean wage levels.  Further review of May 2024 BLS data details the following about medical transcriptionist pay in the Southeastern U.S.:

Medical Transcriptionist Pay in the Southeastern U.S.

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
AL	360	$40,090	23rd
AR	410	$33,610	46th
FL	2,650	$39,370	25th
GA	2,280	$31,910	49th
KY	500	$36,780	32nd
LA	570	$35,790	41st
MS	170	$35,820	39th
NC	1,380	$32,360	48th
SC	680	$36,030	37th
TN	1,820	$36,990	31st
VA	990	$38,690	26th
WV	200	$34,940	42nd
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 13, 2024