Q: What can a “newbie” MT expect to earn after graduation?
A: I don’t have a simple answer for questions on beginning income for post graduate students who are placed by Med Workshops. When you work from home in this field, you are not on an hourly or salary pay scale. I know you will earn at least 5 to 7 cents per line depending on the company and the difficulty of the transcription they would like you to do. I don’t know how fast you will be or how many hours you will work. For instance you might want to work 10 hours, but the company only has 8 hours of dictation- or maybe it will be vice versa.
Rule of thumb on this is- give yourself three months or so to earn and learn after graduation. If possible, keep your other job if you have one. This is a tough field to learn. However, once you gain some experience you will begin to enter what the MT calls “the zone”. You’ll be able to do your MT typing without struggling at it or maybe it’s that you won’t have to think as hard. Because of auto correct, macros and your growing skills, you will begin to fly through your transcription. This is a new language and also, a hand, foot, eye and ear bit of coordination. The people who are really good, belong in another league and earn very good money. They can also find work almost anywhere in the U.S. quickly.