Anyone have a good average for getting paid by the minute?
Posted By: lrlady on 2009-08-05
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I have never worked this way so what is a good rate for cents/audio minute?
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I am paid per minute
This is the first company I have worked for that pays that way. It seems fair enough, although that is largely dependent on the dictator! There are few I transcribe for and it takes me forever to do their reports, so at those times the per minute compensation isn't so fair, but it all averages out I suppose.
Paid by the minute????
Has anyone heard of being paid by the minute? A company said they did that for the cardiology.
Anyone ever done that?
Paid by the minute...
I am paid 1.20 per dictated minute. First company I have ever worked for that paid this way.
I had a job that paid by minute
I started at $1.15 per minute and when I left, was making $1.20 per minute. I could do 150-180 minutes in 6 1/2 hours. It was very lucrative for me. It was for a small hospital. Loved it, but got bored with the same doctors every day, so left. Now I work for a national and only make 1/3rd what I was making, but am happy with the work. Just wish the pay was better.
I am paid by the minute....
and probably average between $15-20 an hour; however, so much depends on who the dictator is, etc. I mainly do op reports and have become fairly accustomed to the dictators, but there are a few that everyone on the account will always have difficulty with and they take longer to transcribe.
I get paid 8 cpl with 1 minute = 10 lines
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Getting paid by the minute of dictation -
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I made that much being paid by the minute sm
but that's it. I don't know anybody who makes that kind of money getting 8-10 cents a line. I wish it were true, I'd be rich.
Getting paid by the minute.....how does that work??
Since I can't imagine getting paid by the minute, how does that work and what is considered a good rate?? Thanks!!!
I wish my primary paid by the minute...
No one ever seems to know what they are talking about on that account and they take FOREVER to get through a report. Some dictators will take 15 minutes to dictate a 50-line report because they are shuffling through papers looking up things or just saying umm..duh.. I also have one dictator who will repeat things constantly, sometimes repeating the same sentence 3 times! I'd be making about $5 more per hour if I were paid by the minute... This wouldn't be a good deal on my secondary account though. There are a bunch of fast talkers and mumblers on that account.
Anyone here get paid by the dictated minute?
How do you figure that out to know whether you are making decent money?
Was paid by the dictated minute at my last job...sm
...lost my a**. Company started out at $1/dictated minute and gave a 10% raise after off QA. Somehow it took 5 weeks and a lot of screaming to get off QA  . Left when they popped up with a new contract that would have cut my pay even more. Rip-off.
New job, off QA after 3 jobs. 
The company I worked for paid by the dictation minute as well. They said sm
that was the only way to know what you had transcribed, since there is already so much information there. If I remember correctly, it was something like Meditech where you are typing in the patient's actual chart. It didn't work out to be very profitable for me, but perhaps this company has a better system. The company I worked for was MedTran Unlimited or something like that. I was only part-time, but I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. After a few days, I realized it wasn't going to work out for me and so I gave my notice, and so they didn't pay me for the training or any of the work I had done. I haven't read anything bad about MD-IT, so they might work with you and make it worth your while.
Good luck. And thanks for the compliment on my doggie -- she is very much my baby. 
do you find being paid per the minute pays better than per line pay rate?
Thank you so much for your help!
10 lines per minute = 1500 lines for 150 minutes - average. nm
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MQ PTO: Do the packets say how PTO is accrued, or if it still paid at average rate? nm
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PTO paid out based on average hourly earnings. They typically
do not pay for downtime unless it's an unusual occurrence.
Good owners, average-low pay, good dictators sm
Send out checks the next business day after they receive the bill. Only work when you want. It's a nice p.r.n. position.
Chickadee
good pay rate per minute transcription?
does anyone know what a decent pay rate would be when working for paid by the minute transcription? Also when you are paid per the minute does it just include voice or are all of the minutes included whether voice or just silence. Thanks so much!.
I have hit 600 on a good day, usually average between 350 and 450 sm
a lot depends on the account and how much actual editing you have to do.
Anyone use the Merit platform with MW? Good, bad, average? nm
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Great company, better than average pay, good
benefits. The account that they are hiring for is a very challenging, high volume ESL account. Some people do okay on it, others just aren't able to do the work. The platform is Lotus Notes, but basically you type in Word, use SpeedType (same as ShortHand). They provide all hardware/software. They are pretty strict on schedule, not much leeway, though if you need off for an appointment there isn't a problem. QA is strict, minimum QA score is 98.5, 1200 lines/day. Good tech support. You get your QA'd reports back daily. Lately there has been a lot of OT on the weekends.
They are making a transition to something similar to VR. They are starting out slow with one account, one work type, but within a year hope to transition more accounts.
They pay for downtime. Pay is DD, always on time and correct.
All good. Computers they supply $20 PP. Average pay, but GREAT support!
Work load consistent. Nothing bad at all to say. LOVE THEM!
Great company -- good benefits, average pay, easy-to-achieve sm
incentive tier, ExText platform, pay by direct deposit every 2 weeks, always on time. The people in management seem to genuinely care about the employees, which is a nice plus. I have been there since October and am very happy. Of course, one man's paradise is another man's hell it seems at times, but it is a good fit for me.
Good luck! 
I worked for them previously. Very good, growing co., wonderful MTSO, average pay but lots of work.
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1.70 regular minute, 2.25 stat per minute. sm
I do all cardiology.
Paid on time, but not good.
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Good Luck Getting Paid
LOL!
Also 6 paid holidays, good ...
incentive pay, great supervisors. As a single, i pay $83 per pay period for the BC/BS, dental, vision. I haven't had a problem with not enough work. There are a lot of ESL dictators though.
Still need help on figuring what would be a good cpl if paid w/o spaces.
See my first message above. Thanks
Absolutely! I had a good hospital job that paid okay but -(sm)
left it cuz they wouldn't let me work from home. And unfortunately most of the services are located in states with lower cost of living, thus lower pay. I live in an expensive state, and should be able to make a wage that reflects the cost of living HERE.... not in the Middle of Nowhere, USA.
I don't know why hospitals haven't figured that out... they could have full-time, QUALITY local MTs, without the cost of housing them. Yet they'd still be available to come in to the facility when needed.
That's how mine paid - it was a really good deal.
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I make far more money on VR. I also get paid a good SM
line rate for it, so that helps. I am paid 7 cpl for VR.
Not a good way to get paid, plenty of the better companies pay hourly.
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Their web site says you get paid when the client pays them ... not good. nm
Paid for spaces depends on the account. Good company. nm
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TT has paid maternity leave? Sounds too good to be true..
Just wondering if anyone has used this paid maternity benefit? Is there a catch? This is such a rare benefit now days it just seems too good to be true.
This is not true. I have been there a month and get a good line rate and paid for spaces. ??? nm
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Well, call a lawyer then. A good one. You could even get court costs paid by your employer probabl
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Training on the system, not paid, but if you are physically typing reports then you are getting paid
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Oh, yea -- PAID, too. Grandmother PAID LEAVE would be a great drawing card to TT !!
Just love that PAID TIME OFF !!
Any company that makes you wait to get paid until they get paid by the client
is not a company you want to get involved with. That's part of being an MTSO, figuring out how to cover your payroll while waiting to get paid. I would stay away!
Is this a live count of lines paid for or same as CTRL I that we do not get paid for ?? nm
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Me too.. the outsourced company was paid for and paid me for headers, but OSI does/did not.
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I have always paid yearly and have never paid or been assessed a penaltly. nm
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Be glad you get paid tomorrow. We are paid on the 1st and the 15th, so sm
since the 1st is on a weekend, we don't get paid until Monday. It will happen again on the 15th of August …sigh. It is the only thing I do not like about the company, though, so I guess a few weekends of poverty a year is not too much.
per minute
I get paid per minute of dictation. $1.00 to 1.35 per minute. 100-120 minutes in an 8 hour shift is average or 16-20 minutes of dictation per hour.
pay by the minute
I also used to work this way. I worked in house by the hour and we had a quota of dictated minutes we were supposed to meet. Then we started doing it at home and were compensated by the minute. It was awesome! Unfortunately they went with voice recognition and it came to a tragic end. I still miss it. I get paid by the line now and make probably a third less at least than back then. So very sad. Anyone have any idea if this company is hiring for radiology and what they pay per minute? TIA.
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too heated.
If pay comes out to 1.00, or less per minute is very low...sm
1.25 and up would be good pay per minute... and 200 per day if quite a bit to get through on an average. Good luck!
Pay per minute...
I work for a hospital that pays us per minute of dictation. It is the entire dictation, whether the doc is sitting thinking, talking to someone else in the room or whatever, a 14 minute report is billed as a 14 minute report. The pay scale I make is $1.30 per minute after 450 minutes, under 450 minutes $1.25 per minute. I am sure the hospital itself charges more than that per minute, so I guess it would depend on whether you have your own account or are considering working for a hospital or other company.
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