Is Medical Transcription an at Home Job Opportunity Worth Pursuing?
The trouble with many work at home jobs is the limited income. Many of time classic work at home jobs such as data entry rarely pay well at all. Not so much of a problem for a qualified medical transcriptionist. There are limitations on your pay, but they’re based on your abilities and how much you can work. Medical transcriptionists earn an average of $15.41 according to the U.S. Department of Labor at the time of this writing. That’s pretty respectable considering you don’t have to worry about your work wardrobe or driving to work. You may earn significantly less as you’re learning, but if you worked hard in your medical transcription training, that problem won’t last. I found it pretty easy to get past $10 an hour, and beyond that it was all a matter of improving skills and using the right tools. If you have children, working as a medical transcriptionist can save you money. You may not need to pay for childcare, although some transcriptionists do choose to use a little childcare so