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MTs making big money - MT

Posted: May 07, 2013

Just saw some gab on a mt group on facebook (not naming which), stating that people are out there making 800 a week on straight typing. Where are these jobs...I want one. Now I am not saying they do not exist but seriously I thought this was rare. Is it me or... should I be looking harder. No flaming please. This discussion had me thinking that I missed the boat somewhere or someone is telling tales...

I was one of them - Disgusted MT

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I used to average over $1000/week, some years even $1200+, but now due to NJA, etc., my pay has been cut in at least half. Oh...the good old days when there was work available and I could make as much or as little as I wanted. I am now SO close to finishing school and getting out of MT for good!

Good luck to you though (yes, I am being sincere).

Uggggg, this is painful. I have heard this... - none

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kind of thing before. I believe it IF you do emergency room notes, short and fast, big volumes or clinic notes, same description. Otherwise, not happening. I have been in this biz over 30 years. Not calling anyone a liar, just really lucky and don't count on that in your career, not anymore.

I believe she did actually say that was in the old days plus she - is in school now and getting out as it has changed

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maybe read it wrong?

Original OP yes exactly. - MT

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You are right. I was pulling down 1K or more a week back in the day. When the wages plummeted I went for my masters. Now I am done with my masters, and going for a higher level degree than that. I decided to just go ahead and become a teacher. This way I can enjoy life again and not worry about who makes more or what. I can make some money and enjoy helping kids. So I don't regret going back to school. I am just sorry so many people have to misrepresent the truth on a career which has obviously changed regarding pay scale. I never said nobody makes that kind of money. I meant it is rare and not the norm. As well, it is not the future, so it is wrong to encourage that it can be done for everyone because it cannot. I like the truth.

I'm still one of them - PhillyGurl

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Work for a local company (online however). Generally make $800-1100 week. Paid 8 cpl. All straight typing.

They're harder and hard to find, but they're there.

I also work for GIS at really crap wages (5 cpl) and usually average $20-28 an hour even at that low pay. Only do them part time but were I to work for them full time, I'd make at least $800 a week.

still here - ICmt

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I have a variety of clients and transcribe for one MTSO and average over $800/week. The private clients keep my pay up as the MTSO has more NJA than it used to. All straight transcription.

How else woudl one survive? - Effie

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I don't know how I would survive on less. I don't know how you all do it, when I read the posts of those working for these big companies. I use to make close to $1500 a week but just can't make myself work that hard any more.

Yea, Im sure there are MTs out there making $800 - a week, but I was only

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ever lucky to make just over $500 a week and considered myself blessed to average just over a $1000 or so a pay-period. I will admit that I turned into a slacker in the end and just had no desire to push myself to earn more. I have since given up and found a job outside of MT after 13 years.

Count me in too - RubySoho

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I work for a very small MTSO that is strictly straight transcription at 8.5 cpl and gross about $800 a week (or more, but it depends on if I have a hopelessly ADD night where my line count suffers) and we're paid weekly.

The good, small/smaller places are out there, MT...as with anything else in life, you just have to dig until you find one.

Good luck to you!

I'm the OP - MT

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I am glad to hear you are all doing so well.
I feel like an utter fool for going back to school. I am in student loan debt, I worked for the 2 big companies and just got by, now with one of them and school.
So you are doing so well, as I used to do years ago, and I am going to be sitting with student debt while I make over minimum wage.
I feel like an utter fool.
No Joke.

There's nothing foolish about going back - to school in a down

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economy, so long as the new career you are aiming for has a longer trajectory and better earning potential than transcription. Don't be so hard on yourself. I think you're doing the right thing. :-)

Me too - MT

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The problem is working for the bigger outfits that have hundreds of doctors where you never get the same one, therefore not being able to set up templates, use expanders as much, etc. I see so many people say how they HAVE to have a full-time position, etc., but then turn around and complain there is no work. My trick over the last 12 years is only doing part-time jobs. I ALWAYS have work coming from one job or the other. I NEVER keep all my eggs in one basket so to speak. I refuse to work a schedule and always have. IC status only...I choose the hours I work. With that...I'm not "choosing" when I work per se...they send me work and I have a TAT as to when I have to have it back. You will find that with part-time companies. Most of these places advertise as part-time because they cannot GUARANTEE full-time each week, but in all cases I have experienced, the work is plentiful. As well, like the other poster said, many people REFUSE to even apply for a job because the cpl pay is "too low," but if it is a great job, at 5 cpl, a person can make $20+ an hour. As I've said time and time and time again, it's thinking outside the box that will help push you ahead through this career. Having a frigid outlook that you HAVE to make 10 cpl or no deal is absolutely the death of many MTs because they think that lower cpl somehow equates to a lower dollar amount per hour, but its just not true. If some people are making 5 cpl, but pulling off $20 to $30 an hour, and another MT is making 10 cpl and not even making minimum wage...why is that so difficult to comprehend for some people? Cpl does not equal dollar per hour...it just doesn't.

I made great money until recently when voice recognition - Took over my job

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Until VR, I could easily make 1200 to 1500 a week for the hospital I contracted with. Granted, they took care of us. They paid us 10 cpl and weighed the docs. The harder the doc the more money you would make. Once VR kicked in in February, my paycheck went from 1200 to 500 to not using contract employees anymore. This MT is headed back to school. Good luck all!

I still make high hourly wage - MTy

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Just never enough work to keep me going. It is very frustrating for an MTSO to hire for "full-time" and even say they WON'T accept part-time, but then work available is LESS than part-time.

I don't make minimum wage, because I plain out REFUSE to sit in front of a computer and wait for work and I make it perfectly clear, before I am hired. I work however much work is available and when it runs out, I log out. I have two jobs, so it works okay for me, but no way could I do it with one job.

MTs making big money - Dana

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I was making close to that, too, until Nuance took over. Now I'm having trouble getting anywhere close.

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