Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Use verbatim methods and equipment to capture, store, retrieve, and transcribe pretrial and trial proceedings or other information.
About the profession
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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Junior Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner → Practitioner Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner → Senior Practitioner Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner → Lead Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner
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Salary Growth
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Levels
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Top Salary
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Years
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Timeline: 0-2 | Entry Level Base: $35,890 - $58,528/year With equity/bonuses: $39,479 - $70,234 Top markets (SF/NYC): $41,274 - $70,234 Execute core tasks using Active Listening…
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Day in Life
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9am — Log and store exhibits from court proceedings. 10am — Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using…
Income Dynamics
Conservative and aggressive scenarios for 10–15 years
Year 1: Entry level $25,123 - $52,675 Year 2-3: Junior level $58,528 - $77,107 Year 4-6: Mid level $77,107 - $83,600 Year 7-10: Senior level $83,600 - $108,993 Year 10+:…
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