The annual salary statistics of medical transcriptionists in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical transcriptionists in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville 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 | $23,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $27,090 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $30,490 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $35,890 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $36,510 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical transcriptionists in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $36,510. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $30,490. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,280.
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 | $30,490 | -9.54% | -11.71% |
| 2021 | $33,400 | -9.88% | - |
| 2020 | $36,700 | 5.40% | - |
| 2019 | $34,720 | 2.33% | - |
| 2018 | $33,910 | 4.13% | - |
| 2017 | $32,510 | -13.41% | - |
| 2016 | $36,870 | 2.25% | - |
| 2015 | $36,040 | -1.91% | - |
| 2014 | $36,730 | 7.70% | - |
| 2013 | $33,900 | -0.47% | - |
| 2012 | $34,060 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $30,490 in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is in the middle of salary range for medical transcriptionists in state of South Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of medical transcriptionists in Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville is 19.1 percent (19.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Spartanburg and 6.6 percent (6.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Spartanburg | |
| Florence | |
| Northeast South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Augusta-Richmond County | |
| Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill | |
| Low Country South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Greenville-Mauldin-Easley | |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort | |
| Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area | |
| Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville | |
| Columbia | |
| Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway |