The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) latest occupational employment estimates put the number of medical transcriptionist jobs in the United States at nearly 56,000 as of May 2021.  At that time, an estimated 14,600 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 2021 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	530	$32,730	37th
AR	340	$32,770	36th
FL	5,850	$31,710	42nd
GA	1,590	$28,500	49th
KY	920	$34,520	30th
LA	670	$36,010	25th
MS	190	$32,090	41st
NC	1,040	$31,140	44th
SC	500	$36,180	23rd
TN	1,340	$29,980	47th
VA	1,310	$34,750	27th
WV	320	$32,160	40th
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 July 6, 2022