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Court Reporters vs Paralegals & Legal Assistants

Compare Court Reporters and Paralegals & Legal Assistants side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Court Reporters…

Court Reporters

Median pay$72k
OutlookDeclining
AI exposureHigh 90%, modeled
EducationPostsecondary cert
Active ListeningWritingReading ComprehensionSpeakingMonitoring

Paralegals & Legal Assistants

Median pay$63k
OutlookStable
AI exposureHigh 82%, modeled
EducationAssociate's
WritingReading ComprehensionActive ListeningSpeakingCritical Thinking
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How these numbers are made.

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