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Employment Percentage
7.005141388
SOC ID
27-3092
SOC Title
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
ONET ID
27-3092.00
ONET Concat ID
27309200
Median Salary
82754.22
Ed Level High School
5.47
Ed Level Certificate
74.839996
Ed Level Some College
5.25
Ed Level Associates
11.59
Ed Level Bachelors
0
Ed Level Masters
2.86
Ed Level Doctors
0
Typical Ed Level
a certificate
Career Description
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.
Core Tasks
  • Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
  • Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
  • Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
  • Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
  • Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
  • Log and store exhibits from court proceedings.
  • File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
  • File and store shorthand notes of court session.
  • Respond to requests during court sessions to read portions of the proceedings already recorded.
  • Verify accuracy of transcripts by checking copies against original records of proceedings and accuracy of rulings by checking with judges.
Start Annual Earnings
29207.67
Top Annual Earnings
168086.16
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