Fact · Dictation for work and study
$55,950US dollars per year, highest 10 percent, May 2025
In May 2025 the highest 10 percent of medical transcriptionists earned more than $55,950 a year.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The lowest 10 percent earned less than $28,250, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $55,950.”
Medical Transcriptionists: Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025, Pay section.
Open the original- What it measures
- Percentile wages from the same BLS May 2025 wage survey as the median.
- What it does not show
- Wage survey across all employers. The top decile is likely to include experienced or specialist staff, but BLS does not break it down in this sentence.