Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
General Information
Description
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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People in this career work in these sectors.
- Self-employed32.75%
- State and local government31.82%
- Private, for profit28.73%
- Federal government4.06%
- Private, not for profit1.69%
Industry areas
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
Job Outlook
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Salary
Salary Information
Median Salary This is the median, or the midpoint, of the salary range for this career.
$63,560
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Education & Interests
Most Common Education Levels
People in this career achieve this level of education.
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Post-secondary certificate 74%
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Associate's degree 11%
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High school 5%
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Some college 5%
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First professional degree 2%
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Master's degree 0%
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Doctoral degree 0%
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Bachelor's degree 0%
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Post baccalaureate 0%
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Less than high school 0%
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Post-doctoral training 0%
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Post-master's certificate 0%
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PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
You may find this career fulfilling if you consider yourself to be:
- Conventional — You have an interest in following procedures and regulations to organize information or data.
- Enterprising — You have an interest in managing, negotiating and marketing, or leading and advising others.
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Knowledge
- Administrative
- English Language
- Computers and Electronics
- Law and Government
- Customer and Personal Service
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