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Medical Transcriptionists

SOC 31-9094

Turn doctors' dictated notes into accurate written records.

The job
Median pay
$40k
$34k to $48k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-4.4% projected
Openings a year
6k
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
19/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
67th pct
More exposed than 67% of occupations · modeled estimate · 27th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
42/100

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Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Texas7,5200.52.0×$43k
California5,8600.31.2×$45k
New York2,7100.31.1×$43k
Florida2,6500.31.0×$42k
New Jersey1,7100.41.5×$39k
Tennessee1,4500.41.7×$45k
Michigan1,1300.31.0×$37k
Pennsylvania1,1300.20.7×$42k
North Carolina1,0200.20.8×$39k
Illinois9700.20.6×$45k
All 51 states
StateJobsPer 1,000vs nationalMedian pay
Georgia9500.20.7×$28k
Virginia8570.20.8×$35k~
Indiana7900.20.9×$41k
Arizona7000.20.8×$37k
Kentucky6900.31.3×$39k
Ohio6800.10.5×$37k
Washington6200.20.7×$39k
Colorado6100.20.8×$43k
Wisconsin5900.20.8×$49k
Oklahoma5600.31.2×$28k
Oregon5100.31.0×$46k
Kansas4200.31.1×$35k
Louisiana4200.20.8×$38k
Alabama4100.20.7×$35k
Idaho4000.51.8×$38k
Massachusetts4000.10.4×$37k
Connecticut3900.20.9×$48k
South Carolina3900.20.6×$34k
Missouri3100.10.4×$37k
Mississippi3000.31.0×$39k
Arkansas2800.20.8×$35k
Minnesota2700.10.3×$50k
South Dakota2400.52.0×$46k
Maryland2300.10.3×$40k
Nebraska2300.20.8×$46k
Nevada2100.10.5×$39k
New Mexico2100.20.9×$37k
Utah2100.10.5×$40k
Iowa1800.10.4×$45k
New Hampshire1330.20.7×$48k~
Delaware1260.31.0×$34k~
North Dakota1200.31.1×$45k
Hawaii1120.20.7×$44k~
Alaska1100.31.3×$48k
West Virginia900.10.5×$37k
Maine800.10.5×$49k
Montana800.20.6×$41k
Rhode Island800.20.6×$35k
Vermont750.20.9×$33k~
Washington DC700.10.4×$45k
Wyoming400.10.5×$48k

Top metro areas

  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,910 jobs · $44k median
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,290 jobs · $39k median
  3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,300 jobs · $35k median
  4. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX780 jobs · $27k median
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN720 jobs · $39k median
  6. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA710 jobs · $45k median
  7. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA680 jobs · $28k median
  8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA680 jobs · $58k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.