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DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

27-3092 Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners



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.

Geography Click link for Career Profile EmploymentEmp SE*Percentiles
Mean10th25thMedian75th90th
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN  33$33.59/hr$26.93/hr$27.91/hr$32.64/hr$39.67/hr$39.67/hr


IndustryOES Employment (Statewide)OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Professional and Business ServicesN/AN/A
Public AdministrationN/AN/A
 
Geography Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change -10-
Southwest Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN N/A$32.64/hrN/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA N/AN/AN/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/AN/AN/A
Central Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Northeast Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Northwest Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Southeast Minnesota N/AN/AN/A
Rochester MN MSA 10$35.29/hrN/A
St Cloud MN MSA 10$31.41/hrN/A
Northeast Balance of State 10$31.41/hrN/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 20$28.57/hrN/A
Southwest Balance of State 20$30.18/hrN/A
Southeast Balance of State 20$32.64/hrN/A
Northwest Balance of State 30$33.97/hrN/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 150$33.94/hrN/A
Minnesota 290$32.64/hrN/A


Occupations Click link for details EmploymentMedian WageProjections
% Change 2020-2030
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 230$19.78/hr-27.5%
Medical Transcriptionists 450$25.80/hr-21.9%
Word Processors and Typists 150$21.58/hrN/A


  • Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape.
  • Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text.
  • Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
  • File and store shorthand notes of court session.
  • Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
  • Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
  • Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.
  • File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office.
  • File and store shorthand notes of court session.
  • Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.