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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Occupation on screen: Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners (O*NET 27-3092.00). CareerOneStop (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)
Personality Fit
Based on the Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners role, here are the RIASEC personality types that tend to thrive in this career. While these alignments are common, individual success depends on motivation, skill development, and finding the right work environment.
Artistic
Creative, expressive, original thinking
Social
Helping, teaching, working with people
Investigative
Research, analysis, problem-solving
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Career Path
Your career progression roadmap with salary growth at each level
Career Ladder
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
4
Levels
$126K
Top Salary
8+
Years
Learning Path
Skills you need to develop and courses to get there
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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…
Skills used in this career
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Day in Life
Junior vs Senior, daily schedule breakdown
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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You find the craft of a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioner genuinely interesting, not just a paycheck You enjoy working with Active Listening and Writing You communicate…
💰 Salary Range
BLS OEWS, May 2023Half of U.S. workers in this occupation earn more than this, half earn less.
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