Medical Transcriptionists · SOC 31-9094

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Medical Transcriptionistss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for medical transcriptionists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 165 metro areas

Medical Transcriptionists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$58,240	680	0.3
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$57,420	200	0.2
3	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$55,890	30	0.3
4	Portland-South Portland, ME	$55,320	30	0.1
5	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$54,830	100	0.2
6	Rapid City, SD	$53,840	30	0.5
7	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$53,330	50	0.2
8	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$50,400	310	0.3
9	Madison, WI	$50,310	80	0.2
10	Chico, CA	$50,020	120	1.6
11	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$49,780	190	0.2
12	Wilmington, NC	$49,590	30	0.2
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$49,560	110	0.3
14	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$48,960	130	0.1
15	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$48,890	140	0.1
16	Evansville, IN	$48,840	70	0.5
17	Modesto, CA	$48,490	50	0.2
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$48,440	170	0.2
19	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$48,270	70	0.2
20	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$48,260	100	0.5
21	Peoria, IL	$48,160	60	0.3
22	Appleton, WI	$48,010	40	0.3
23	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$47,680	120	0.4
24	Redding, CA	$47,550	90	1.3
25	Pittsburgh, PA	$47,530	190	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Medical Transcriptionists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.