The annual salary statistics of medical transcriptionists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical transcriptionists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $24,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $37,290 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $48,990 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $57,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical transcriptionists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $57,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $37,290. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,510.
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 | $37,290 | 19.31% | 9.81% |
| 2021 | $30,090 | -43.84% | - |
| 2020 | $43,280 | 7.14% | - |
| 2019 | $40,190 | 2.31% | - |
| 2018 | $39,260 | -1.45% | - |
| 2017 | $39,830 | -2.71% | - |
| 2016 | $40,910 | -1.78% | - |
| 2015 | $41,640 | 16.71% | - |
| 2014 | $34,680 | -4.53% | - |
| 2013 | $36,250 | 7.23% | - |
| 2012 | $33,630 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $37,290 in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is in the middle of salary range for medical transcriptionists in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of medical transcriptionists in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 38.0 percent (38.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Amarillo and 48.1 percent (48.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area.