MTPay etc.

Posted By: KRFan on 2009-06-01
In Reply to: I just HAD to post this! Unreal! - Love2BTyping

Actually the ad is not all that off base, in my opinion. Re:salary, the US Department of Labor as of May 2008 boosted their estimate of the average pay of MTs to $32,000/year. (Three years ago it was 29,000 or so.) This is the first increase I've seen in a long time. (Maybe at least we're keeping up with inflation for a change.) Of course no one makes that fresh out of school. Re: Training, since there's no standardized entry requirment for MT, the statement that a year's training is "recommended" is accurate. At least it says "year" instead of 6 weeks or some other totally wrong time for training. What the ad doesn't mention is how difficult it is for a newbie to get started, even with the "recommended" training - I think that's the big hurdle for anyone trying to enter this trade. If AHDI manages to get the apprenticeship program going well, that may help, not that I have any great faith in AHDI...

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I just HAD to post this! Unreal! - Love2BTyping
- I think that crap is inflated!!!! - tabby
- Accurate - AMI
- Pay is right on though the ad is worded unprofessionally. - Multi-MTSO MT
  - wages - Pearl
    - If you work for a national, what difference does it make where you live? - mt
      - If you live somewhere with a high cost of living, like - Calif, then you face alot of discrimination.
- I've been doing this for 3 years - WAMT
  - Worth?? - Suzanne Sydnor
    - I think you missed it by about - SM
  - You CAN make great money - Erin Williams
    - 70,000 as a second year MTer? - SM
    - what kind of an account do you have. sm - MT forever it seems
  - Ive been doing this for 4 years and made - mt
  - You have been doing for an entire 3 years and - And....
    - I fall into that category - AnnuderMT
      - If I worked full time I would make - SS
      - Last year I made $36,000...... BUT - kath2210
- MTPay etc. - KRFan
  - I agree with you. - mt
    - can you say which company you work for and if they are hiring? - SDE
- goes back to what I said before, sm - MT TOO LONG
- No wonder... - MTinNC
  - Wow. I only WISH I made 31K per year! - -(nm)- Topaz
- A medical transcriptionist must be able to - we do interpret medical jargon.
  - Obviously you don't have a verbatim account. - AnnuderMT
    - lol medical jargon - Gina
      - I even had one guy - Gina
      - You have no idea how I am agreeing with you - SS
        Certainly agreeing with you too. - Fingers
        THIS is what I was talking about.... - Love2BTyping

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