Creative & Media
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
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.
Median salary (BLS)
$72,420
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$42k – $131k
Job outlook
No separate BLS projection for this specific role
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $91,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Entry / Junior
$42,130
~2 yrs to advance
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Established
$72,420
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Senior
$101,490
Key skills
A typical day
- •Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
- •Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
- •Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
- •Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
- •Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Creative & Media
Explore all- University of Southern California12% admit · $86,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
- Northwestern University7% admit · $95,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.