The annual salary statistics of medical transcriptionists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical transcriptionists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $33,700 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $61,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical transcriptionists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $61,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,700.
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 | $33,870 | -36.08% | -37.08% |
| 2021 | $46,090 | -7.40% | - |
| 2020 | $49,500 | 3.84% | - |
| 2019 | $47,600 | -3.19% | - |
| 2018 | $49,120 | 35.10% | - |
| 2017 | $31,880 | 2.26% | - |
| 2016 | $31,160 | 0.83% | - |
| 2015 | $30,900 | -59.77% | - |
| 2014 | $49,370 | 10.51% | - |
| 2013 | $44,180 | -5.09% | - |
| 2012 | $46,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $33,870 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for medical transcriptionists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical transcriptionists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 35.0 percent (35.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Chico and 44.7 percent (44.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.