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no, annual pay used to be $500/yearly 4 india

Posted By: now with the MTs it is about $8000/annually.nm on 2007-06-30
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    it's GREAT pay for India, annual income...sm

    did you read this paragraph from the OP?  $135 a week is EXCELLENT PAY for India.....yielding around $8000 annually, so when compared to their average $500 annually - it's 40-fold......here's that paragraph from OP:


     
    "Jaggesh may do 1,000 lines a day. At the average pay rate, that would earn her roughly $27 a day, or $135 for a five-day week -- good wages in India, where the average annual income is about $500."


    -----------------------


    thing about MTs in India are they are all business-degreed, college graduates, and average age is 27.  things about us MTs in USA are we are not *degreed* (most of us), we ARE college educated and/or grads (I would like to think most of us), but our average age is......so I have read......49.....so there is where I see the competition.


    It's so unfortunate.....the entire world is youth-oriented......not just here.  We put in our blood, sweat, and TEARS for the better part of 20-40+ years for most of us here in the USA doing this work and professing it and getting it so the BOS even went from 90 pages in the 80s to nearly 600 pages in the 2000s.  THAT WAS DUE TO US - nobody else.


    so give yourselves an ATTA-GIRL or ATTA-BOY here....I sure am thankful for all I've learned in this BIZ and continue to learn...so many decades later - so unfair that we are losing all the work to overseas.



    the ANNUAL rate is $ 30.--...it is an annual subscription...nm
    nm
    INDIA, INDIA, NEWBIE LOOKING FOR INDIAN-OWNED COMPANY-FORGET AMERICA COMPANIES HIRING NEWBIES!!!!
    Our country sucks when it comes to teamwork.  My experience is in hospital transcription and 95% foreign dictators.  Most of my dictators are from India and surrounding countries.  Give up you all, India is already way ahead of us!
    Used to think we were using India, but now realize India is using us for our med. info, jobs,
    :{
    annual income
    Watch out, you will be accused of being childish from the same person who refers to "some" fellow MTs as unfortunately not having a brain. Hmmm, pot calling the kettle black? That was so rude and so not called for.....is that necessary!
    the ANNUAL rate is $ 30.--...nm
    nm
    Question for everyone. Do you take annual vacations. If so, where? We take 3 or 4. nm
    nm
    I pay yearly.
    I always pay yearly. I have worked as an IC for 10 years. I have never had a penalty. A family member also has worked from home for over 20 years and has never paid quarterly. Just pay on April 15th and you should be fine.


    Anyone going to the AAMT Annual Convention in Honolulu?
    Whooly Cow! Just visited the website and registration cost is anywhere from $295, member (early regis) to $600 nonmember (late regis)! Plus of course, flight, hotel, transportation. GEEZ!
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    ANNUAL vacations?? lol I haven't had a vacation
    nm
    They don't do yearly updates and never have. If you must
    get hysterical about something at least get the real information about what you are carrying on about. Statements like this just make folks dismiss what you are saying because you don't know what you are talking about.
    I do taxes yearly, too.
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    Yearly income

    I have three 1099's here in front of me  -- one for 24K, one for 13K,  and one for 5K.    My W2 one is for 14 almost 15K.  I did work without 1099 in the amount of 3K.   The reason that my average goes down on the IRS forms is that after all my business deductions -- which includes my health insurance and 401K and Self employed retirement fund, mileage, supplies, etc. it goes down to less than 20K.   Believe me or not, but it is possible and I still have time to go on the boards.  I do not work 60 to 70 hours per week. 



    yearly wages

    Last year had small MTSO two part-time IC's working for me, worked as employee parttime in clinic.  Worked 50 hours per week.  Made -- myself not counting what my IC's brought in -- $62 K.  Starting June 1st, quit the employee position -- divorce attorney fees paid off, no IC's and keeping my 4 accounts,  will work 25 to 28 hours per week and make approximately 40K from these four accounts per year.  If I get stuck and need more will do overflow for another MTSO.   But too many headaches and time to take some time for myself.  Looking forward to it.


    Patti


    I pay yearly also....per my tax accountant. sm
    It doesn't matter as long as you pay - quarterly, yearly, etc.

    Yearly raise? What's that?
    I've been waiting for 3 years for a raise I was supposed to get after 6 months. 
    Will it be a yearly thing now?
    xx
    Any MTs going to Honolulu next month for the AAMT annual meeting?

    Are there any MTs who can afford to go?  Are there any hospitals or MT companies who will pay for their MTs to attend the meeting in Honolulu? 


    Do you suppose next year's meeting might be in Bangalore or Bombay?


    Annual salaries of full time transcriptionists
    For the veteran's out there- What is your average annual salary (working from home). Also, the companies that offer full time transcriptionists benefits, are the benefits any good?
    Did anyone attend the AAMT annual meeting in Honolulu? sm
    If so, how was it?  Was it well attended?  Were the speakers good? 
    What is your annual salary working at 8 cents per line? nm
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    Can anyone tell me the average hourly rate or annual salary for sm

    in-house hospital employee around Carmel Valley?   Hourly range or annual salary.


    Thank you so very much for any information!!


    Waiting for what? They don't do yearly updates.
    What else is there to say? But if you want to keep on whining about something that is untrue be my guest.
    yearly physical (joke)
    I went to the doctor for my yearly  physical. The nurse starts with certain basics.

    How much do  you weigh?" she asks.
    "115," I say. The nurse puts me on the scale. It  turns out my weight is 140.

    The nurse asks, "Your height?" "5 foot  8," I say.
    The nurse checks and sees that I only measure 5' 5". 

    She then takes my blood pressure and tells me it is very high. 

    "Of course it's high!" I scream, "When I came in here I was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat!"

    She put me on  Prozac

    Paying quarterly vs yearly

    When I read the post regarding going from quarterly to yearly for IC taxes I got excited.  I used to pay yearly until my tax guy told me to pay quarterly which I reluctantly started doing.  All those years I paid yearly the IRS continued to send me quarterly tax payment vouchers which I ignored.  Ok, so my point is, I just got off the phone with the IRS, explained my situation, IC who works production, doesn't make the same month to month, year to year and she STILL says I HAVE to pay quarterly and at the end of the year send in form 2210 which I think she said is an annualization form which will enable you to escape any penalties for sending in less if you made more last year.  I do know if you have children there are circumstances that will enable you to file yearly rather than quarterly but I have no children at home so I didn't really pay attention to that. 


    Stedman's with the yearly updates. nm
    s
    Are you kidding? After reading the health department's annual review, I NEVER eat out.
    Especially at a fast food place. They always have long lists of violations, plus, after a look at the fingernails and hair on some of those people, I wouldn't feed my dog there.

    They do list restaurants that maintain high standards of cleanliness with no violations, so if I'm in the mood for a long drive, I'll go to one of those.

    I do miss eating out.


    You must realize, that annual salary is at a much higher line rate sm
    than 9 or 10 cpl. I posted my monthly income, but that is at 13 cpl. I also work as an IC with my own client and not for a MTSO.

    So, if you work for the MTSO, it is likely your line rate is lower and it will take more hours to achieve that higher salary.

    Don't feel small or discouraged. You too can do it ~ that is if you want your own client or to work straight for a facility.

    It takes a lot of time searching for jobs and applying and calling before you find it. I can tell you, it literally took me about 80 hours to find my dream client. But, they are out there. I chose not to work this route, but that does not mean what you are doing is anything less or small.

    Best wishes to you!
    The Stedman's and then you buy the yearly updates afterward. nm
    s
    What happened to their advertised yearly raises? sm
    Oh, I remember who the owner is and am not surprised.
    how do you get away with paying yearly? the IRS determines if you should pay quarterly so
    unless you are having a great deal withheld from hubby's check and only paying a little bit from yours, I do not see how you can be complying with the law by paying yearly. The IRS doesn't like that. They want their money NOW!
    don't do annual but do big trips every few years. Last year went to Africa including safari
    spent 18 days - one day traveling there, (stopping in for a day in London), then two weeks working at an orphanage and girls vocational school, safari on the weekend, then two days of travel back. Whew!
    I work for a national, $600 yearly deductible and 15-30 copay
    nm
    Yearly income to expect as full-time... (sm)

    employee (not IC) for a national?


    don't count on raising rates yearly as an MTSO.

    As an MTSO, don't think you are going to increase your accounts *yearly* (the word you used).....good luck if you're taking that route!!


    I have my surgeons for a decade due to they pay very well and I have NEVER raised their rates because then they COULD choose to go elsewhere for less.....just my take.....


    I also worked for nat'l services for years and they rarely raised their rates to their clients, as they, too, never wanted to lose any accts.


    Good luck to you, whichever way you go!!


    Need advice on yearly line count raises please. sm
    Could anyone please give advice on how much a yearly raise for a line count should be?  What is good, what is bad, what is average?  Thank you in advance.
    Yikes...2-3 reports pulled per pay period here, not yearly..
    sorry to see quality isn't a big issue at your company.
    Yeah, the IQ's are as ridiculously high as the make-believe yearly pay we often get quoted on her
    If you believe any of this crap you really need to get out more.
    In my area, the doctors do these tests automatically as part of your yearly exam -

    And on my local ER account, if you're a female and show up at the Emergency Room, they will automatically do a pregnancy test on you, even if you've had a hysterectomy.  I think it's a huge scam.  The kinds of tests that are becoming "routine" is getting just plain silly.  


     


    Since yours is so old, you'll need the regular full-price version and then yearly you order the
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    If it is in India next
    x
    india ads
    You are right ... and I cannot imagine that these are even remotely sanctioned by MTStars mgmt. Will await their input before jumping to conclusions.
    How about it is all going to India???
    nm
    Why yes! It's very hot in India. (nm)
    x
    india
    not sure, but if you were on the national do not call list maybe this would help?? since you do not know where they got your name from it might help. I am on that list and have not received any calls solicitating, selling, etc. thought this might help.
    EMR/India

    I am sorry to hear of your loss.  We might as well  face it, this industry is going to the birds.  I have lost four Docs because of outsourcing to India.  It is a shame that the Docs have to find a cheap way out because of all the overhead, malpractice, etc. that they have to pay.  I have been in this for four years and I thank God that I have 12 years doing medical billing, for which I am going back to school to do coding.  There is no job security in this industry, you are treated like dirt, you do not get paid on time and not treated like an employee should be and now EMR.  What is next?  Robots to do patient care?  Good luck to you, but I feel this is just a little wakening up call to all of us that things are changing and not for the good.


    India MTs
    Where did you get this info that there are more CMTs in India than here in the US? Just curious. Thanks
    India
    Most of these people, at least at a company I worked for, work 2 shifts every day - company paid for them to get their CMT.