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DATA ENTRY VS TRANSCRIPTION PAY - ANON

Posted: Mar 20, 2014

Your thoughts and comments would be appreciated regarding the salaries for a data entry clerk versus a transcriptionist. Should a transcriptionist's pay be less, the same or more than a data entry clerk, and if you feel it should be more, how much more? Thank you for your comments.

transcription v data entry - anon

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Having done data entry, word processing, legal and medical transcription over the last 40 years, I personally think there is a lot more to know in legal and medical transcription, with medical transcription requiring the highest skill level. The truth of the matter is that it is of little importance what I think, but what the market will bear. Knowing what we are all making these days in the MT field, it's a pretty good bet that data entry has a higher value in the job market currently. Data entry was always easy, but more importantly, straightforward work. It is production type work, but I always used to say that the numbers don't lie. However, I was never compensated by any other method than hourly pay in-house, and that was over 25 years ago when we were all more fairly compensated for what we did. If they use line counting software that figures in favor of the employer as the MT field does, it could possibly end up being no better.

no offense but... - anon

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TYPING IN CAPS signals you are ticked and yelling...and so we don't.
Might want to read the posting guidelines "sticky" above. I'd hate to ssee you answer another person't post LIKE THAT because it might be taken as coming with an attitude when it probably is not. Things are often taken the wrong way and it gets messy.

CAPS - Sigh

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Type in caps all you want. That's ridiculous to make case an issue, for crying out loud. Pettiness is not attractive.

and there ya go...rude with an attitude. NM - anon

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Perfectly acceptable in subject line - Not ready for prime time

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Here's a tip. NM on the outside of a post lets you know you do not have - to bother opening it to find NM inside.

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see? now switch that screen back yet again, and continue.

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