DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

43-6013 Medical Secretaries

Occupational Description:

Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2013
					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 7E- East Central	80	24	$17.75/hr	$0.85/hr	$12.88/hr	$15.71/hr	$17.89/hr	$20.62/hr	$22.40/hr
Minnesota	7,540	324	$18.51/hr	$0.24/hr	$14.38/hr	$16.15/hr	$18.43/hr	$21.02/hr	$22.68/hr
U S	509,640	4,077	$15.92/hr	$0.05/hr	$10.67/hr	$12.70/hr	$15.28/hr	$18.40/hr	$22.36/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Medical Secretaries
Industry	OES Employment	OES Median Wage
Education and Health Services	100	$18.42/hr

Other Regional Data For Medical Secretaries
Geography (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Geography (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	4,020	$18.86/hr	N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast	1,830	$19.35/hr	N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead	540	$16.00/hr	N/A
EDR 7W- Central	310	$17.40/hr	N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters	210	$17.01/hr	N/A
EDR 9 - South Central	170	$16.89/hr	N/A
EDR 4 - West Central	140	$15.90/hr	N/A
EDR 5 - North Central	140	$15.87/hr	N/A
EDR 7E- East Central	80	$17.89/hr	N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest	70	$14.65/hr	N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest	60	$15.21/hr	N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central	60	$15.22/hr	N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	30	$14.72/hr	N/A

Related Occupations
Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Occupation (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators	180	$15.63/hr	N/A
File Clerks	80	$13.75/hr	N/A
Procurement Clerks	20	$16.67/hr	N/A
Legal Secretaries	20	$19.21/hr	N/A
Correspondence Clerks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tasks for Medical Secretaries

Compiles and records medical charts, reports, and correspondence, using typewriter or personal computer.
Schedules patient diagnostic appointments and medical consultations.
Takes dictation in shorthand.
Transmits correspondence and medical records by mail, e-mail, or fax.
Greets visitors, ascertains purpose of visits, and directs to appropriate staff.
Routes messages and documents such as laboratory results to appropriate staff.
Prepares and transmits patients' bills.
Maintains medical records and correspondence files.
Answers telephone and directs call to appropriate staff.
Transcribes recorded messages and practitioner's diagnosis and recommendations into patient's medical record.