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Medical Transcriptionists
Transcribe medical reports recorded by physicians and other healthcare practitioners using various electronic devices, covering office visits, emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries. Transcribe dictated reports and translate abbreviations into fully understandable form. Edit as necessary and return reports in either printed or electronic form for review and signature, or correction.
What a medical transcriptionist does
Become a medical transcriptionist
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good medical transcriptionist
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $21 per hour with a typical salary of $25,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $18 and $23 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $4,200 and $25,700 per year.
- 43% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $21 per hour with a typical salary of $16,500 per year.
- 90.2% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Medical Transcriptionist job outlook
- There are 1,323 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 235 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 29% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.