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Would anyone mind sharing how much they bring home weekly? - curious

Posted: Mar 25, 2010

Not trying to be nosey, just curious.

Paid every 2 weeks, working FT, average 1400 (after taxes). - NM

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3 accounts, pay periods overlap - but about 5000 monthly

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IC, so paying own taxes and insurance.

can't wait to see what kind of answers are posted. - n/m

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After taxes, about $300-350/week. Which sucks. nm - Zircon

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money - mine horrible

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My last check for 2 weeks after taxes was $598. I used to make $1200 every 2 weeks working for the big MQ in 2004, and I quit that job in 2008 because my pay was dropping $400+ per paycheck. I think I am every worse at the job I tarted in 2008.

I am starting a new job in April so hopefully it will pick up a little. I have gone from $900 to $598 every weeks, steadily down hill for the last 3 pay checks. Can't live on that.

Zircon's answer is more believable than these "$ 5,000.--* - nm

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nm

If you are making that little, it's time to do something else - I would not work for that.

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Is there any reason why you are still doing it, since you aren't making any money at it? Are you just a beginner? If so, that's reasonable, but otherwise, this isn't working for you, is it?

I'd better also say that what is reasonable pay for one person isn't for another, and what is a pathetic amount of money for one person is a blessing to someone else.

PAY - SSSS

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About 1500.00 a week - approximately 55 hours

You make $78,000 a year doing MT? - LK

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How is that possible?

There is NO WAY thats possible. Pure B.S. Even - $40,000 is a stretch these days. nm

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I believe her - sm - LK

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She's working the equivalent of 8 hours a day, 7 days a week, a lot of hours. My guess is that she's getting a pretty big chunk in incentive pay, and probably also works an account or accounts that are relatively "easy" and that she's very used to. She may also have a lot of standards on her account that really ramp up the line count. Just speculation, but I think if I had all those circumstances and really kept my nose to the grindstone 55 hours a week, I could make pretty close to that. I made a bit over 30K last year working maybe 30 hours a week, and with a fairly difficult acute care account with over 100 dictators, with no standards. I don't really think people are coming to this board lying about what they make.

I know for a fact $60,000 is reachable by quite a few, so more than that is possible - I agree

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Someone with all the right skills and a good business attitude can make $60,000, although most people probably don't make more than $30,000. It's entirely possible to make more than $60,000, particularly if you have someone else working for you, but if you have the right circumstances, it can be done.

Please, not everyone who IS making money is lying - Soon to be Ex-Transcend employee

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I think that's possible...not everyone in this industry works at national, which you have to admit, is where the slave labor mentality is. Just because you're not making it or I'm not making it doesn't mean someone else isn't. Grow up and stop acting like if an MT isn't crying poverty she's lying. I'm getting out of this industry altogether so it's not like I'm saying I made it either in the last year but seriously people--not everyone who is stil making money doing MT is a liar.

??? - maiden_canada

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I'd also like to know how that is possible! Are you with the US or Canadian side???

It is possible - ssss

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perhaps i could send you my 1099 and then you would believe - get over yourself

it is possible - I believe her too

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It's quite doable---say she makes 10 cpl, that's 272 lph if my calculations are correct. I took $1500.00 per week divided by 0.10 cpl = 15,000 lines divided by 55 (hours)= 272 lph roughly. That's if my math is correct which is always a crap shoot.

Do you work IC, employee and what hours? - Typin_away

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I think a more accurate poll would include if the work was IC or employee and how many hours (PT or FT) to receive that money.

If instance some are saying that 300-350 a week sucks, but that is more than my fiance makes 45 hours a week saving people's lives as a EMT. It would be interesting to see how many hours it takes them to achieve that.

About $2200 a month ... - zlover

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but I'm an IC and no taxes taken out. I work about 6-7 hours a day, 5 days a week. My pay has only decreased since I started transcription 8 years ago (same account for past 8 years).

Sadly, only $350 or so after taxes, just because my dictators are SO -- - SM

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horrible, so poor (both ESL and incapable of stringing a sentence together, and 90% or more of them residents, as well, so they dictate every sentence 3-4 times and we don't get credit for all of that hemming and hawing). It's sad because with a decent dictator I can easily do 300+ lph straight typing, but all of our good dictators are gone and we're left struggling with our lousy new VR platform, which has actually slowed us down.

In short, I'm working twice as hard as ever and making about 1/3 what I used to.

Me too ... - zlover

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lots of residents and several ESL residents. It's very irritating because they mispronounce, re-dictate, and are very, very slow sometimes.

My company moved me to a VR platform last year. I hated it and insisted on going back to the regular transcription system - especially when I was told my pay would be cut in half! Yay, I'd be bringing home $200 at week that rate!

Not only did they cut our line rate for VR, they eliminated all benefits. - NM

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nm

22 years acute care experience: $300/wk (sm) - Very Angry

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after taxes, full time. I'm wondering why some people on this board cannot understand why we are so angry! We aren't "whining." Disclaimer: My rant refers to things posted on this board previously, not this particular thread.

...and that's WITHOUT benefits (sm) - Very Angry

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I work for Webmedx and their health insurance is so bad that I had to drop it and get a private policy for myself which I can barely afford, but better than having money taken out of my check for an insurance plan that I can't use. Not asking for the big bucks, but I would sure like to get back to the days when I could count on averaging $17/hour which I was content with and covered my expenses and mortgage. Am actively trying to break back into clerical and leave MT behind (a shame because I loved MT). Anyway, time to get to work!

My experience is just like yours. Accounts and software - are so bad, its a struggle to make 100 lph. nm

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POV on pay - Alice

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Judging from some of these figures, it appears that point of view can vary when one says "I'm not making any money" doing MT. I guess the "no money" has a wide interpretation.

If I work hard at it, I can make at least $2400 a month before taxes, and I guess that's much better than working for minimum wage with the requirement for a wardrobe and gas/car or a snow plow required to get there.

However, I know there are more stable career choices for working at home, such as selling and earning commission on a great product that practically sells itself, via telephone, mail, internet, where no "meetings" are required in person...That would be my dream career.

WORKING HARDER - radtran

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Made 50K for 2009 but worked 12+ hours a day, 6-7 days a week. This is still 20K less from my 2004 1099. Every year since 2004, I noticed that I have been putting more hours and my pay seems to decrease. I was looking online for the average pay for in-house transcription and it is 28K. When I worked at the hospital 12 years ago, we were at that 37K. At this rate, I think we are making minimum wage only.

In-house job offer at 27-30,000 year. SM - DJ

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Just yesterday I had a phone interview with a prestigious research hospital in the midwest. The position was for a medical secretary II with 80% transcription. I was very disappointed at the low salary. Hourly range between 12-15. Great benefits tho.

I make around $400 weekly and I guess that is the norm - me also

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Wish it was more but happy for what I have.

I don't think that's the norm, but if it works for you - 'Okay' is relative - Okay is different for each of us

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What is okay for one person is outstanding for another and pathetic for someone else. More than that, what is okay right now may not be the amount you consider okay 5 years from now. There is no 'norm' in MT.

The $400/week is probably fine for someone working for a doctor or a few doctors. It would be very low for someone doing acute care working for an MTSO. It's all relative. Pay is definitely not something that can be put in a box. What's okay for you is not okay for me at this time in my life, but it used to be okay. Does that make sense?

I average $500 a week after taxes - LK

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Employee status, work a bit less than 40 hours a week, probably about 35, though I don't track it closely. Seems I'm getting lazier and lazier all the time. Just doesn't seem worth the effort to make that kind of money.

As an in-house hospital employee - me

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Last year I brought in about 37,000, and I had great benifits too.

It varies. I work for Transcend and the work is - The Lorax

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just not there. Last pay period it was less than $500 and that is with multiple accounts. I do believe that some do still make the money. But they are the exception.

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