Medical transcriptionists listen to voice recordings made by health-care professionals and create written reports from the audio. Many medical transcriptionists work from home, and are hired by third-party transcription service providers, hospitals, and physicians.

In 2010, the median pay for medical transcriptionists was quoted as being, $32,900 per year or
$15.82 per hour. The career opportunities in this field is expected to grow by 6% within the next year.