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Transcriptionists
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The job
Median pay
$49k
$41k to $58k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-34% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Very high
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
4/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
95th pct
More exposed than 95% of occupations · modeled estimate · 84th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
23/100
Key skills
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
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.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 12,340 | 1.3 | 5.7× | $48k |
| California | 10,270 | 0.6 | 2.5× | $56k |
| New Jersey | 3,560 | 0.8 | 3.7× | $50k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,170 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $41k |
| Georgia | 1,107 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $31k~ |
| North Carolina | 1,059 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $47k~ |
| Florida | 1,000 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $36k |
| Arizona | 794 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $42k~ |
| Michigan | 520 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $48k |
| Illinois | 490 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $45k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | 442 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $41k~ |
| Utah | 437 | 0.3 | 1.1× | $47k~ |
| Iowa | 360 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $43k |
| Massachusetts | 350 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $54k |
| Kansas | 320 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $46k~ |
| Ohio | 310 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $49k |
| Texas | 290 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $48k |
| Virginia | 290 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $46k |
| Mississippi | 289 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $40k~ |
| Hawaii | 270 | 0.4 | 1.9× | $40k |
| Missouri | 260 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $37k |
| Maryland | 210 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $47k |
| Minnesota | 210 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $52k |
| Wisconsin | 180 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $49k |
| Connecticut | 170 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $49k |
| Nevada | 170 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $41k |
| New Hampshire | 168 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $51k~ |
| Kentucky | 160 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $45k~ |
| Maine | 147 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $50k~ |
| Washington | 140 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $46k |
| Washington DC | 120 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $49k |
| Indiana | 120 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $40k |
| Rhode Island | 120 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Montana | 118 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $48k~ |
| South Dakota | 104 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $46k~ |
| Tennessee | 90 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $50k |
| North Dakota | 89 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $50k~ |
| Nebraska | 80 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $47k |
| West Virginia | 80 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $36k |
| Alaska | 78 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $55k~ |
| Alabama | 70 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $47k |
| Vermont | 61 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $51k~ |
| Colorado | 60 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $58k |
| Idaho | 60 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $50k |
| New Mexico | 60 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $46k |
| Wyoming | 57 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $47k~ |
| Delaware | 50 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $45k |
| Arkansas | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $43k |
| Oklahoma | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $44k |
| Oregon | 40 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $52k |
| South Carolina | 30 | 0.0 | 0.1× | $43k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ8,370 jobs · $52k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA6,830 jobs · $58k median
- San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR1,330 jobs · $29k median
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY1,300 jobs · $47k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA880 jobs · $49k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA840 jobs · $79k median
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY830 jobs · $47k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD690 jobs · $47k median
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Explore Transcriptionists interactively →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.