The annual salary statistics of medical transcriptionists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical transcriptionists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $29,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $29,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $36,210 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $50,970 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical transcriptionists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $50,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,120.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical transcriptionists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $29,850 | 1.88% | -68.88% |
| 2019 | $29,290 | 7.58% | - |
| 2018 | $27,070 | -17.88% | - |
| 2017 | $31,910 | -57.98% | - |
| 2016 | $50,410 | -4.68% | - |
| 2015 | $52,770 | 4.47% | - |
| 2012 | $50,410 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,850 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for medical transcriptionists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical transcriptionists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 42.7 percent (42.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Chico and 37.3 percent (37.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.