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$19.43US dollars per hour, median, May 2025
BLS gives the median medical transcriptionist wage as $19.43 an hour, alongside the $40,410 annual figure.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Median Pay $40,410 per year $19.43 per hour Typical Entry-Level Education Postsecondary nondegree award”
Medical Transcriptionists: Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025, Quick Facts.
Open the original- What it measures
- BLS converts the annual median into an hourly figure. The conversion assumes full-time hours.
- What it does not show
- A median for all employers. Part-time and per-line or per-report workers are not separated.