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Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners Salary by State (2025)

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Compare Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners salaries across 38 states

$71,107
National Average (Median)
$116,020
Highest: California
$44,760
Lowest: Delaware

Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners Salary by State

Compare Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners salaries across all 50 states. Click any state for the full breakdown.

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AK AL AR AZ CA CO FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NM NV NY OH OK OR PA SC SD TN TX UT VA WA WI WV WY VT NH MA RI CT NJ DE MD DC
$44,760
$116,020

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 Annual

AL $67,340 AZ $77,770 AR $59,180 CA $116,020 CO $83,010 CT $59,390 DE $44,760 FL $49,240 ID $69,330 IL $75,890 IN $54,740 IA $93,810 KY $50,350 LA $63,380 ME $49,110 MD $59,300 MA $79,940 MI $61,600 MN $83,680 MS $67,300 MO $72,500 MT $62,730 NE $76,480 NV $62,030 NY $101,990 NC $73,510 ND $70,540 OH $67,330 OK $60,800 PA $65,100 RI $92,250 SC $61,100 SD $75,210 TX $110,080 VA $55,210 WA $107,670 WV $56,790 WI $65,640

Top 5 Highest-Paying States

#1
California
$116,020
#2
Texas
$110,080
#3
Washington
$107,670
#4
New York
$101,990
#5
Iowa
$93,810

Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners Salary in All 38 States

# State Median Salary Mean Salary Employment
1 California $116,020 $108,890 1,400
2 Texas $110,080 $104,730 1,270
3 Washington $107,670 $101,110 80
4 New York $101,990 $101,280 1,400
5 Iowa $93,810 $89,730 160
6 Rhode Island $92,250 $84,160 60
7 Minnesota $83,680 $81,290 320
8 Colorado $83,010 $86,320 260
9 Massachusetts $79,940 $73,870 50
10 Arizona $77,770 $75,720 70
11 Nebraska $76,480 $75,450 60
12 Illinois $75,890 $73,260 770
13 South Dakota $75,210 $73,500 40
14 North Carolina $73,510 $76,250 110
15 Missouri $72,500 $70,580 270
16 North Dakota $70,540 $70,670 60
17 Idaho $69,330 $68,500 40
18 Alabama $67,340 $63,580 350
19 Ohio $67,330 $70,870 340
20 Mississippi $67,300 $64,730 40
21 Wisconsin $65,640 $74,700 60
22 Pennsylvania $65,100 $66,630 670
23 Louisiana $63,380 $62,300 270
24 Montana $62,730 $64,270 50
25 Nevada $62,030 $64,810 70
26 Michigan $61,600 $60,050 260
27 South Carolina $61,100 $61,460 140
28 Oklahoma $60,800 $60,520 180
29 Connecticut $59,390 $61,410 210
30 Maryland $59,300 $61,460 N/A
31 Arkansas $59,180 $62,140 130
32 West Virginia $56,790 $59,610 90
33 Virginia $55,210 $58,050 320
34 Indiana $54,740 $59,850 890
35 Kentucky $50,350 $43,840 80
36 Florida $49,240 $56,850 1,110
37 Maine $49,110 $55,950 30
38 Delaware $44,760 $59,760 40

Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners Take-Home Pay After Taxes

Gross salary only tells half the story. State income taxes vary from 0% to 13.3%, dramatically affecting your take-home pay. See exactly what a Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners keeps after federal, state, and FICA taxes.

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Data Source & Methodology

Salary data is sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, 2025 estimates. After-tax figures use IRS federal brackets and state income tax rates for all 50 states.

Our Methodology · Data Sources · Source: BLS OEWS

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