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Medical Transcriptionists pay in Minnesota and Pennsylvania
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Medical Transcriptionists is $50,030 per year in Minnesota. It is $41,510 per year in Pennsylvania. Minnesota is 20.5% above Pennsylvania on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-9094 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 270 wage and salary jobs in Minnesota and 1,130 in Pennsylvania. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings