Medical Transcriptionists in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,500
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$9,530
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,152
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$50,030
Kept after tax
$40,500
Worth in national money
$41,152
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for medical transcriptionists. The middle earner takes $50,030, which ranks 1 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 23.81% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 490 occupations Minnesota reports figures for, this is number 351.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $50,030, tax leaves $40,500, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $41,152 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $52,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- Minnesota ranks 1 of 50 states publishing a median for medical transcriptionists, at $50,030 — about 23.81% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Minnesota's occupational distribution, medical transcriptionists sits at 351 of 490 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Minnesota sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for medical transcriptionists — median $50,030 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $40,500 retained, $41,152 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $52,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Transcriptionists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,580 |
| This salary | $50,030 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Minnesota | $40,500 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,379 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,459 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $47,692 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,974 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Minnesota earn less than $50,030. The published range is $43,970 up to $64,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Minnesota the take-home figure of $40,500, from $50,030, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 351 of 490 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $41,152, the adjusted value of that $50,030 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Minnesota. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 351 of 490 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for medical transcriptionists in Minnesota the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $43,970 to $64,580. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Minnesota is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,500 from $50,030. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 351 of 490 locally.
- This $41,152 adjusted figure, worked from $50,030, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 351 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 351 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $52,570 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $43,970 at the bottom tenth to $64,580 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $41,152.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $40,500 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Minnesota is $52,570. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,970 to $64,580) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $41,152 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $40,500 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.