Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Court Reporters
Court Reporters 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.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Court Reporters with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $32,610 to $40,420 per year or $16 to $19 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
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Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
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Highest (Top 10%) | $43 | $90,080 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $33 | $68,000 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $25 | $52,960 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $19 | $40,420 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $16 | $32,610 |
Highest paying states
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Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
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Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $107050 | $51.47 |
State Government | $74520 | $35.83 |
Local Government | $70020 | $33.66 |
Federal Executive Branch | $63340 | $30.45 |
Junior Colleges | $60080 | $28.89 |
Business Support Services | $52280 | $25.13 |