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130,560dollars per year
The highest 10 percent of court reporters and simultaneous captioners earned more than $130,560 a year in May 2025.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The lowest 10 percent earned less than $42,130, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $130,560.”
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners: Occupational Outlook Handbook, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2025, Pay.
Open the original- What it measures
- The upper end of the pay range for the court reporter and captioner group, which includes official court reporters, captioners and freelance reporters.
- What it does not show
- Top-decile pay for a group that includes captioners and salaried staff. It does not describe what a typical freelance legal transcriptionist earns.