Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
SOC 27-3092 · 2024-2034
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.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
Shrinking -5.3%
California projects this job will shrink over the next ten years. Fewer openings may mean a harder search.
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $119,268per year
- Projected openings
- 1,690
- Projected change
- -5.3%
- Usually needs
- Postsecondary non-degree award
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Reading Comprehension
- Time Management
- Speaking
- Monitoring
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $130,770 | 280 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $130,471 | 180 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $130,462 | 170 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $117,150 | 150 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $107,135 | 230 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $100,612 | 40 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $52,659 | 180 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $52,659 | 280 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | Not reported | 40 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | Not reported | 50 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $56,827
- A quarter earn under
- $88,983
- Half earn under
- $119,268
- Three quarters earn under
- $137,648
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $146,931
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Court, Municipal, and License Clerks | $64,818 | 13,520 | +5.5% |
| Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | $64,347 | 36,250 | 0% |
| Word Processors and Typists | $57,714 | 6,450 | -34.5% |
| Paralegals and Legal Assistants | $79,556 | 52,900 | +6% |
| File Clerks | $50,200 | 8,840 | -13.3% |
| Medical Transcriptionists | $46,191 | 10,290 | -1.7% |
Programs that train for this job — 2
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