Medical Transcription at Home - How Much Money Could I Possibly Make Doing Medical Transcription? By Regina Reeves Are you one of the many people who would like to get out of the rat race and find a work-at-home job? With gas pricing going up more and more, there are lots of folks in your shoes. A great job you can do from your home is medical transcription, and you may have already discovered this and have done some research online too.But even though you'd be at home, saving money on gas, saving wear and tear on the car, saving money on your professional wardrobe, just how much money can you expect to be making from this job?Good question! Since I've been a medical transcriptionist myself since 1995 and I also know lots of others who work in this field, I feel I am qualified to answer that for you.

lI've made anywhere from about $10.00 an hour to $35.00 to $40.00 an hour over the years. When I first started, I was put on an hourly rate until I became accustomed to the doctors and hospitals that my company contracted with. That was great because it gave me a chance to get familiar with everything and start typing charts faster. After about 2 weeks they switched me over to my regular pay which was 8 cents a line (a line is generally 65 characters including spaces but that could vary). My company had an incentive plan where, if you typed a certain number of lines per pay period, you received a bonus. So you could actually make up to 10 cents a line if you were motivated.The bottom line is that for many years I made between 45k to 50k a year working 32 hours a week.