Highest-paying Cities for Medical Transcriptionists

The top 100 highest paying cities for medical transcriptionists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of medical transcriptionists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,130, Amarillo, Texas is the highest paying city for medical transcriptionists. It is followed by Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin (average annual salary $56,170). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of medical transcriptionists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Medical Transcriptionists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Amarillo, Texas	$60,130	$37,750	50
2	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$56,170	$40,290	180
3	Bend, Oregon	$52,800	$37,280	60
4	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$52,600	$30,440	30
5	Chico, California	$52,100	$34,150	40
6	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$51,990	$39,050	420
7	Rochester, Minnesota	$51,950	$44,160	60
8	St Cloud, Minnesota	$51,710	$26,220	60
9	Napa, California	$51,540	$40,010	n/a
10	Duluth, Wisconsin	$51,330	$37,300	60
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$51,280	$35,060	1,190
12	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$49,990	$38,070	60
13	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$49,030	$24,220	670
14	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$48,370	$36,840	150
15	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,140	$25,250	30
16	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,130	$34,780	270
17	Danbury, Connecticut	$46,930	$30,460	40
18	Iowa City, Iowa	$46,860	$42,080	50
19	Springfield, Illinois	$46,720	$26,770	40
20	Janesville, Wisconsin	$46,620	$23,880	40
21	Worcester, Massachusetts	$46,570	$30,050	40
22	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$46,570	$37,220	40
23	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$46,400	$35,270	30
24	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$46,340	$35,130	50
25	Medford, Oregon	$46,320	$27,790	40
26	New Haven, Connecticut	$45,960	$37,590	200
27	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$45,960	$31,630	70
28	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$45,850	$32,510	40
29	West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$45,790	$38,850	40
30	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$45,720	$41,600	60
31	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$45,700	$31,200	150
32	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$45,190	$29,510	140
33	Reading, Pennsylvania	$45,110	$36,030	30
34	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$45,040	$23,490	70
35	Wausau, Wisconsin	$44,930	$36,080	60
36	Modesto, California	$44,750	$34,010	40
37	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$44,730	$34,900	40
38	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$44,720	$21,780	310
39	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$44,390	$30,400	70
40	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$44,320	$33,900	120
41	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$44,300	$33,650	160
42	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$44,060	$25,930	680
43	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$43,840	$30,260	90
44	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$43,690	$34,070	30
45	Yakima, Washington	$43,390	$32,930	30
46	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$43,390	$34,530	60
47	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$43,390	$28,600	70
48	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$43,260	$33,980	60
49	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$43,220	$33,710	60
50	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$43,130	$33,690	30
51	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$43,090	$30,730	30
52	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$43,080	$31,210	80
53	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$42,980	$27,450	600
54	Fresno, California	$42,860	$34,360	80
55	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,420	$39,350	30
56	Dayton, Ohio	$42,410	$29,690	50
57	Binghamton, New York	$42,310	$38,440	30
58	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$41,940	$30,010	30
59	Bismarck, North Dakota	$41,930	$25,710	100
60	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$41,920	$33,880	30
61	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$41,870	$33,670	50
62	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$41,750	$30,550	640
63	Huntsville, Alabama	$41,550	$34,170	50
64	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$41,540	$26,630	1,420
65	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$41,520	$29,070	130
66	Nashua, New Hampshire	$41,480	$32,520	90
67	Sioux City, South Dakota	$41,470	$33,000	40
68	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$41,460	$33,220	40
69	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$41,340	$29,330	30
70	Gainesville, Florida	$41,320	$29,250	120
71	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$41,320	$34,430	110
72	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$41,290	$26,120	40
73	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$41,250	$22,060	220
74	Rapid City, South Dakota	$41,230	$31,810	70
75	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$41,170	$21,740	170
76	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$41,030	$31,550	260
77	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$41,010	$32,170	70
78	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$40,990	$32,340	170
79	South Bend-Mishawaka, Michigan	$40,940	$30,420	40
80	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$40,890	$34,650	40
81	Redding, California	$40,850	$32,300	60
82	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$40,820	$28,020	40
83	Syracuse, New York	$40,760	$31,640	100
84	Charlottesville, Virginia	$40,720	$30,450	80
85	Terre Haute, Indiana	$40,570	$23,620	30
86	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$40,520	$34,070	50
87	Waterbury, Connecticut	$40,520	$34,340	40
88	Peabody, Massachusetts	$40,480	$29,980	40
89	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$40,470	$32,870	40
90	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$40,460	$36,500	70
91	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$40,420	$30,630	50
92	Bellingham, Washington	$40,310	$31,460	50
93	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$40,210	$32,380	230
94	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$40,180	$28,190	40
95	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$40,160	$32,730	70
96	Corvallis, Oregon	$40,160	$32,530	30
97	Jackson, Mississippi	$40,100	$27,980	30
98	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$40,030	$32,350	40
99	Appleton, Wisconsin	$40,010	$25,480	40
100	Salisbury, Maryland	$39,890	$33,900	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for medical transcriptionists.