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Working in a doctor's office 8-5 - Florida gal

Posted: Jul 26, 2010

Have a potential job opportunity working in a medical office for one doctor and one PA, however, I need to provide them with what pay I am looking for. Really dislike when the pay question is turned around on me (sigh). Anyhoo, job is a fulltime office job doing mostly transcription but there will be some other job office duties to help out in. Sooo~ this is where you come in . . . what kind of pay are transcriptionist making in a medical office these days. I have only done mt work from home and I would have to drive approx 70 miles a day to get to the office.

Any input, realistic of course, on what I should reply with for pay would be great.

Thanks.

PS there are benefits included after 90 days, so that is a def plus

A lot depends on your area - Happy MT Robin

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The job in San Francisco won't pay the same amount of money as the same job in Paducah, Kentucky. It can also depend on the type of doctor, too.

What about calling the labor board in your area and seeing if they have some sort of wage statistics that they can provide you with?

How much do you need to pay your bills? For a full time job you can figure 2080 hours per year (40 hours/week x 52 weeks/year). So if you make $15/hour, then you have a yearly of $31,200. $20/hour is $41,600. I'd figure out what hourly rate I would have to have to pay the bills and be comfortable and bump that up by a couple grand a year and that way I could negotiate down to what I really needed.

Good luck. Hope you get it.

From what I have seen... - anon

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most in-house transcriptionist jobs start out around $15-$17/hr.

Office pay - working mt

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Do they offer benefits? You can ask for more money if they do not. Make a suggestion of what you think would be reasonable and see if they agree and negotiate from there.

Additional note - working MT

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Sorry, I missed the part about benefits.

Not sure what part of Florida you are in - Not what you would think

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but historically speaking wages in Florida are not the best, so you're likely looking at $10-13/hr. (My sister is a recruiter in Florida.)

From what I know and seen.... - AnotherFLgal

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it varies in which part of Florida you live. I got a call about 2 years back from an office I used to work for, and the "then male manager" offered me $8-9 as the "going rate" when I used to make more than that back in 1990 in their office. I saw an ad in the local newspaper a few months ago for an in-office radiology transcriptionist, but it was over an hour drive away from me, paying $17-19/hr and asking for 5 years' experience. I know the local hospitals near me don't pay very well, and the time that I did apply there I got turned down, because I was "over-qualified for the position," (been doing this for 31 years now), so basically they just pay peanuts for the position. I know it's hard when that question comes up, as you don't want to over or under-sell yourself and you're qualifications. I always try to turn the table and ask what it is that they are offering or how much they paid the one prior doing the job and go from there.

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