The annual salary statistics of medical transcriptionists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of medical transcriptionists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $29,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,760 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $45,190 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $75,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical transcriptionists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $75,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $45,190. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,510.
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 | $45,190 | -45.52% | -23.66% |
| 2016 | $65,760 | 8.21% | - |
| 2015 | $60,360 | 2.45% | - |
| 2014 | $58,880 | 4.26% | - |
| 2013 | $56,370 | 0.87% | - |
| 2012 | $55,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $45,190 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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-San Mateo-Redwood City is 13.3 percent (13.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Chico and 58.6 percent (58.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.