Medical Transcriptionists Salary — Abilene, Texas

The average Medical Transcriptionists in Abilene, Texas earns $34,430 a year.

$34,430 / year, mean
↓ 18.7% below national average 41th percentile in Texas

Abilene sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Texas — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for medical transcriptionists, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.0%
Cost of living 90 #159 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $217,009 #160 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $66,464 #128 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Abilene ranks #159 for cost of living and #160 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $61,530 San Francisco $55,750 Chico $54,060 Santa Rosa $53,000 Modesto $51,710 Portland $50,690 Oxnard $49,540 Santa Maria $49,440 Sacramento $48,940 Spokane $48,500 Stockton $47,780 Eugene $47,750 Trenton $47,570 Baltimore $47,490 San Diego $47,390 Pittsburgh $47,130 Harrisburg $46,880 Peoria $46,780 South Bend $46,290 Allentown $45,950 Miami $45,880 Evansville $45,830 Indianapolis $45,590 Redding $45,270 Bend $44,860 Louisville $44,620 Traverse City $44,490 New York $44,480 Houston $44,210 Fort Myers $44,200 Los Angeles $44,160 Albany $44,150 Orlando $44,080 Gainesville $43,970 Riverside $43,790 Bakersfield $43,720 Scranton $43,490 Lexington $43,380 Lakeland $43,200 Syracuse $43,100 Sarasota $43,040 Deltona $42,790 Seattle $42,660 Palm Bay $42,530 Fresno $42,260 Jacksonville $41,930 Philadelphia $41,920 Chicago $40,680 Rochester $40,670 Tampa $40,630 Springfield $40,520 Buffalo $40,500 Medford $40,430 Midland $39,710 Detroit $39,590 Grand Rapids $39,480 Ocala $39,420 Lansing $39,060 Kennewick $38,850 Winchester $38,200 Charlottesville $38,150 Virginia Beach $37,750 McAllen $37,600 Huntington $37,490 Dallas $37,140 Saginaw $37,000 Austin $36,860 Lynchburg $36,780 Pensacola $36,770 Tallahassee $36,530 Flint $36,280 Punta Gorda $36,060 Tyler $35,880 Blacksburg $35,590 El Paso $35,190 Dover $35,140 Abilene $34,430 Corpus Christi $34,430 Lubbock $33,950 Richmond $33,600 Brownsville $33,580 Roanoke $32,080 San Antonio $30,820
CityMean salaryvs. Abilene
Albany, New York$44,150+28.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$45,950+33.5%
Austin, Texas$36,860+7.1%
Bakersfield, California$43,720+27.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$47,490+37.9%
Bend, Oregon$44,860+30.3%
Blacksburg, Virginia$35,590+3.4%
Brownsville, Texas$33,580-2.5%
Buffalo, New York$40,500+17.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$44,200+28.4%
Charlottesville, Virginia$38,150+10.8%
Chicago, Illinois$40,680+18.2%
Chico, California$54,060+57.0%
Corpus Christi, Texas$34,430+0.0%
Dallas, Texas$37,140+7.9%
Deltona, Florida$42,790+24.3%
Detroit, Michigan$39,590+15.0%
Dover, Delaware$35,140+2.1%
El Paso, Texas$35,190+2.2%
Eugene, Oregon$47,750+38.7%
Evansville, Indiana$45,830+33.1%
Flint, Michigan$36,280+5.4%
Fresno, California$42,260+22.7%
Gainesville, Florida$43,970+27.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$39,480+14.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$46,880+36.2%
Houston, Texas$44,210+28.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$37,490+8.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$45,590+32.4%
Jacksonville, Florida$41,930+21.8%
Kennewick, Washington$38,850+12.8%
Lakeland, Florida$43,200+25.5%
Lansing, Michigan$39,060+13.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$43,380+26.0%
Los Angeles, California$44,160+28.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$44,620+29.6%
Lubbock, Texas$33,950-1.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$36,780+6.8%
McAllen, Texas$37,600+9.2%
Medford, Oregon$40,430+17.4%
Miami, Florida$45,880+33.3%
Midland, Michigan$39,710+15.3%
Modesto, California$51,710+50.2%
New York, New York$44,480+29.2%
Sarasota, Florida$43,040+25.0%
Ocala, Florida$39,420+14.5%
Orlando, Florida$44,080+28.0%
Oxnard, California$49,540+43.9%
Palm Bay, Florida$42,530+23.5%
Pensacola, Florida$36,770+6.8%
Peoria, Illinois$46,780+35.9%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$41,920+21.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$47,130+36.9%
Portland, Oregon$50,690+47.2%
Punta Gorda, Florida$36,060+4.7%
Redding, California$45,270+31.5%
Richmond, Virginia$33,600-2.4%
Riverside, California$43,790+27.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$32,080-6.8%
Rochester, New York$40,670+18.1%
Sacramento, California$48,940+42.1%
Saginaw, Michigan$37,000+7.5%
San Antonio, Texas$30,820-10.5%
San Diego, California$47,390+37.6%
San Francisco, California$55,750+61.9%
San Jose, California$61,530+78.7%
Santa Maria, California$49,440+43.6%
Santa Rosa, California$53,000+53.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$43,490+26.3%
Seattle, Washington$42,660+23.9%
South Bend, Indiana$46,290+34.4%
Spokane, Washington$48,500+40.9%
Springfield, Illinois$40,520+17.7%
Stockton, California$47,780+38.8%
Syracuse, New York$43,100+25.2%
Tallahassee, Florida$36,530+6.1%
Tampa, Florida$40,630+18.0%
Traverse City, Michigan$44,490+29.2%
Trenton, New Jersey$47,570+38.2%
Tyler, Texas$35,880+4.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$37,750+9.6%
Winchester, Virginia$38,200+10.9%
Gross salary
34,430/yr
Estimated take-home
29,844/yr
Est. total withheld
13.3%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 31-9094 SOC code
Official area Abilene, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 10180 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
178,244