Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner Career

Job Description: Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information. Includes stenocaptioners who operate computerized stenographic captioning equipment to provide captions of live or prerecorded broadcasts for hearing-impaired viewers.


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Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner Career

Salary Info

Median Annual Wage

$51,130

Median Hourly Wage

$24.58*

Total Employed Nationally

74,660


Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2016 wage data and 2016-2026 employment projections. "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2016-2026). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.