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Medical Transcriptionists · SOC 31-9094

Medical Transcriptionists Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$39,010
Median hourly wage$18.76

Medical Transcriptionists in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $39,010 per year ($18.76 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,910 at the 10th percentile to $49,120 at the 90th. BLS estimates 170 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Medical Transcriptionists in the Boston metro area earn more than $39,010 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,200 and $44,390.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$36,910$37,200$39,010$44,390$49,120
Hourly$17.75$17.88$18.76$21.34$23.61

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $39,010
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $36,910
  • United Statesnational
    $40,410

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +6% vs Massachusetts overall and −3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$26,850$37,313$47,777$58,240Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $26,850Tulsa, OK — $26,850San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $27,400Oklahoma City, OK — $28,210Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $28,330Joplin, MO-KS — $28,600Lubbock, TX — $29,230Akron, OH — $29,480Roanoke, VA — $29,870Cleveland, OH — $29,960Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $30,690Clarksville, TN-KY — $30,930Abilene, TX — $30,940Corpus Christi, TX — $31,110Dover, DE — $31,200Punta Gorda, FL — $31,200Raleigh-Cary, NC — $31,200Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $32,130Florence, SC — $32,590Mobile, AL — $32,740Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $33,350San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $34,040Tyler, TX — $34,070Toledo, OH — $34,110Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $34,650Kennewick-Richland, WA — $34,650Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,910Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $35,040Richmond, VA — $35,050Anchorage, AK — $35,140Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $35,300Birmingham, AL — $35,340Idaho Falls, ID — $35,340El Paso, TX — $35,360Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,410Tallahassee, FL — $35,510Coeur d'Alene, ID — $35,630Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $35,700Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $35,860Springfield, IL — $36,060Flint, MI — $36,090Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $36,210Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $36,270Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,360Lynchburg, VA — $36,440Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,580Columbia, MO — $36,820Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,880Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $36,980Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $37,170Saginaw, MI — $37,280McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $37,410Ocala, FL — $37,450Albuquerque, NM — $37,480Columbia, SC — $37,480Hattiesburg, MS — $37,590Rochester, NY — $37,600Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $37,810Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,840Knoxville, TN — $37,860Winchester, VA-WV — $37,950Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $37,970Medford, OR — $37,980Lafayette, LA — $38,040Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $38,210Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $38,220Charlottesville, VA — $38,250New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $38,350Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $38,380Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $38,540Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,590Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $38,650Reno, NV — $38,660Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $38,680Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,700Wichita, KS — $38,710Tucson, AZ — $38,760Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $38,790Columbus, OH — $38,870North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,920Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $38,950Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $39,010Jacksonville, FL — $39,100Dothan, AL — $39,130Asheville, NC — $39,190Johnson City, TN — $39,430Kansas City, MO-KS — $39,600Baton Rouge, LA — $39,630Boise City, ID — $39,690Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $39,950Eugene-Springfield, OR — $40,520Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $41,020Macon-Bibb County, GA — $41,100Boulder, CO — $41,300Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $41,400St. Louis, MO-IL — $42,000Midland, MI — $42,220Colorado Springs, CO — $42,660Bend, OR — $42,900Lexington-Fayette, KY — $42,900Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $42,990Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $42,990Huntsville, AL — $43,040Fresno, CA — $43,180Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $43,260Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $43,360Jackson, MS — $43,490Winston-Salem, NC — $43,800Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $43,940New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $44,010Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $44,230Syracuse, NY — $44,410Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $44,730Fargo, ND-MN — $44,740Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $44,770Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $44,790South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $45,030San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $45,420Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $45,790Wausau, WI — $45,810Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $45,920Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,160Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $46,230Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $46,240Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,320Traverse City, MI — $46,400Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,440Green Bay, WI — $46,470Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,560Jackson, TN — $46,680Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,790Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,810Omaha, NE-IA — $46,870Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,930Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $46,960New Haven, CT — $47,270Stockton-Lodi, CA — $47,310Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $47,370Gainesville, FL — $47,420Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $47,470Pittsburgh, PA — $47,530Redding, CA — $47,550Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,680Appleton, WI — $48,010Peoria, IL — $48,160Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $48,260Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $48,270Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $48,440Modesto, CA — $48,490Evansville, IN — $48,840Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,890Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $48,960Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $49,560Wilmington, NC — $49,590Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $49,780Chico, CA — $50,020Madison, WI — $50,310Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $50,400Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $53,330Rapid City, SD — $53,840Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $54,830Portland-South Portland, ME — $55,320Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $55,890San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $57,420San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,240

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 84th-highest published median for this occupation among the 165 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Home Health and Personal Care Aides$40,910Nursing Assistants$47,590Medical Assistants$50,740Dental Assistants$58,160Massage Therapists$75,160Physical Therapist Assistants$80,430

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About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.