Job prospects Medical Transcriptionist in Ontario

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Job opportunities in Ontario

These outlooks were updated on December 11, 2024.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations (NOC 12110) in Ontario for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Leading share employed in business support services such as document preparation services
• Health care, mainly hospitals
• Provincial government is another key employer

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• Significant backlog in court cases and medical procedures due to the pandemic may add demand for this occupation during the forecast period
• Prevalence of third-party providers of transcription services are expected to be sources of employment
• Availability of advanced voice-recognition software may affect the role and skill requirements of this occupation

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• Court transcriptionists are required to be certified as Authorized Court Transcriptionists and must be registered with the Registry of Authorized Court Transcriptionists for Ontario
• Bilingualism in English and French is an asset in securing employment.

Here are some key facts about Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations in Ontario:

• Approximately 3,950 people work in this occupation.
• Court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Management and administrative services (NAICS 55, 56): 38%
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 16%
  • Provincial and territorial public administration (NAICS 912): 13%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 8%
  • Legal services (NAICS 5411): 8%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 54% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 46% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 53% of court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations work all year, while 47% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 41 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• 47% of court reporters, medical transcriptionists and related occupations are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 13% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 87% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: less than 5% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 9% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 39% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 27% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations

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