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Why it fits
Transfers medical terminology, chart familiarity, patient questions, policies, records, and care-team coordination.
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Applies healthcare documentation, appointments, patient records, provider communication, forms, and office workflow.
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Fits transcriptionists with writing aptitude using technical accuracy, source review, editing, structure, and audience clarity.
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Uses medical forms, account records, codes, data entry accuracy, payment documentation, and discrepancy follow-up.
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Applies editing, grammar, terminology accuracy, style consistency, corrections, and detail checking.
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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:
- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions
These are some key things to think about when job hunting.
Risk & user votes
Calculated automation risk
Imminent Risk (81-100%): This occupation appears highly exposed to end-to-end replacement by AI, software, robotics, or other computer-controlled systems. Roles in this range often involve predictable, repeatable, or rules-based work with limited need for human judgement, trust, creativity, or adaptation to messy real-world conditions. This does not mean every job will disappear immediately, but it is a strong signal to consider safer alternatives or start building more resilient skills.
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Human strengths important in this job
These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.
Assisting and caring for others
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Decision-making and problem solving
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What users think
Based on 68 votes
Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 89% chance of automation.
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What is the likelihood that Medical Transcriptionists will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
Sentiment
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Pay & outlook
Wages
In 2024, the median annual wage for Medical Transcriptionists was $37,550 ($18 per hour).
The median annual wage for Medical Transcriptionists was 24.1% lower than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.
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Wages over time
Growth
The number of 'Medical Transcriptionists' job openings is expected to decline 4.9% by 2034
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Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2025.
Volume
As of 2024 there were 43,070 people employed as 'Medical Transcriptionists' within the United States.
This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 3 thousand people are employed as 'Medical Transcriptionists'.
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Job description
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.
O*NET-SOC code: 31-9094.00
What people are saying (4)
As long as there are human medical specialists needing records in a timely manner, medical transcriptionists will have work.
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