The annual salary statistics of medical transcriptionists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of medical transcriptionists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $22,150 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $23,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $29,830 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,890 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical transcriptionists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $29,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $22,150.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical transcriptionists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $29,830 | -73.58% | -60.48% |
| 2016 | $51,780 | -3.50% | - |
| 2015 | $53,590 | 2.15% | - |
| 2014 | $52,440 | 3.53% | - |
| 2013 | $50,590 | 5.38% | - |
| 2012 | $47,870 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $29,830 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 42.7 percent (42.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Chico and 37.2 percent (37.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.