Skilled court reporters can earn $200 for a half-day of work to upwards of $100,000 a year, says Irene Nakamura, who runs a court reporting firm in California.
If you're looking for a career that doesn't require a college degree, pays six figures and offers strong job security, you might want to brush up on your typing skills.
Yet interest in the profession has plummeted over the last decade, leading to a national shortage of at least 5,000 reporters, according toThere are plenty of job opportunities for reporters outside of the courtroom, too, as court reporters share the same skillset and qualifications as stenographers and real-time captioners: You can work at depositions, transcribe important business meetings and provide live captions to hearing-impaired students, among other services.
The start-up costs to become a court reporter can vary depending on whether you choose to rent or buy a steno machine and transcription software, as well as the cost of tuition for your court reporting classes. In addition to their base salary, court reporters are compensated on a per-page basis for transcripts they produce during court proceedings. Nakamura estimates that this additional income can range from $50,000 to $100,000.first became a court reporter with the Kern County Superior Court in 2005, her annual salary was $60,000. Within two years, however, she grew that figure to about $100,000, she says, mainly by working overtime and taking on additional assignments.
In the U.S., the experienced court reporters Nakamura works with on the East Coast — in New York or New Jersey, for example — bring home around $200,000 per year, while reporters in Chicago earn between $150,000 and $225,000.
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