Arts, Design & Media
Court Reporters
SOC 27-3092
Capture every word of legal proceedings into the official record.
The job
Median pay
$72k
$54k to $101k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-0.1% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
Postsecondary cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
15/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
87th pct
More exposed than 87% of occupations · modeled estimate · 69th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
39/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Writing
- Reading Comprehension
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Critical Thinking
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,400 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $116k |
| New York | 1,400 | 0.1 | 1.8× | $102k |
| Texas | 1,270 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $110k |
| Florida | 1,110 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $49k |
| Indiana | 890 | 0.3 | 3.4× | $55k |
| Illinois | 770 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $76k |
| Pennsylvania | 670 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $65k |
| Georgia | 410 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $70k~ |
| Alabama | 350 | 0.2 | 2.0× | $67k |
| Ohio | 340 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $67k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 320 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $84k |
| Virginia | 320 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $55k |
| Louisiana | 270 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $63k |
| Missouri | 270 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $73k |
| Colorado | 260 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $83k |
| Michigan | 260 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $62k |
| Tennessee | 259 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $58k~ |
| Washington DC | 214 | 0.3 | 3.7× | $117k~ |
| Connecticut | 210 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $59k |
| Maryland | 204 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $59k~ |
| New Jersey | 200 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $86k~ |
| Oregon | 195 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $74k~ |
| Kansas | 180 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $57k~ |
| Oklahoma | 180 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $61k |
| Iowa | 160 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $94k |
| Utah | 151 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $63k~ |
| South Carolina | 140 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $61k |
| Arkansas | 130 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $59k |
| North Carolina | 110 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $74k |
| West Virginia | 90 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $57k |
| Kentucky | 80 | 0.0 | 0.5× | $50k |
| Washington | 80 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $108k |
| Arizona | 70 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $78k |
| Nevada | 70 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $62k |
| Nebraska | 60 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $76k |
| North Dakota | 60 | 0.1 | 1.7× | $71k |
| Rhode Island | 60 | 0.1 | 1.4× | $92k |
| Wisconsin | 60 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $66k |
| Hawaii | 59 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $67k~ |
| Massachusetts | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $80k |
| Montana | 50 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $63k |
| New Mexico | 48 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $61k~ |
| New Hampshire | 44 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $68k~ |
| Delaware | 40 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $45k |
| Idaho | 40 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $69k |
| Mississippi | 40 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $67k |
| South Dakota | 40 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $75k |
| Maine | 30 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $49k |
| Vermont | 30 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $72k~ |
| Alaska | 20 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $62k~ |
| Wyoming | 15 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $58k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,060 jobs · $90k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN510 jobs · $77k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL440 jobs · $48k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA290 jobs · $87k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA260 jobs · $80k median
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX260 jobs · $129k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA260 jobs · $129k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD240 jobs · $75k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Court Reporters interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.