average salary for medical transcriptionist
The average medical transcriptionist salary is about $40K. Pay is based on production, so the more productive a transcriptionist is, the more they earn. An experienced transcriptionist, with high production, easily earns $70K per year.lso, at the time, the Department of Labor listed the average MT salary as 40k. Now, the Department of Labor lists it as 34k a year. According to the last poll taken of new MTs, they were making about $11/hr on average... so your statement of $10 to $12 an hour for new MTs is right on.