Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security · Legal Services
Pay and outlook shown for
New workers start near $45,190; experienced workers reach $130,560. About 150 people do this job in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Job outlook
Alamo region (San Antonio and 12 surrounding counties), Texas Workforce Commission projection 2024 to 2034; U.S. figures from the BLS.
- Employment change
- +6.8%
- Openings a year
- 16
- Employed in 2024
- 147
Typical entry education: Postsecondary nondegree award · Training: Short-term on-the-job training
Alamo Colleges programs that lead here
1 program, with the college that teaches each.
Skills this career uses
The skills O*NET rates most important for the job, with how much of each the work needs on a 1 to 7 scale.
- Active Listening3.9
- Writing3.3
- Reading Comprehension3.6
- Speaking3.1
- Monitoring3.0
- Time Management2.6
- Social Perceptiveness2.3
- Critical Thinking2.8
What the work is
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.
- Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
- Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
- Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
- Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
- File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
- File and store shorthand notes of court session.
Education people in this job have
Share of workers by highest education, from O*NET surveys. It shows what others did, not what you must do.
- High school or less5%
- Certificate75%
- Some college5%
- Associate degree12%
- Doctoral or professional3%
Job zone 3, medium preparation: Training, an associate degree, or a few years of related experience.
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