The annual salary statistics of court reporters in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of court reporters in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $33,230 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,050 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $44,810 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $55,400 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $62,180 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for court reporters in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,810. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,230.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of court reporters from 2012 to 2018. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $44,810 | -90.60% | -85.41% |
| 2014 | $85,410 | 8.63% | - |
| 2013 | $78,040 | -6.46% | - |
| 2012 | $83,080 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $44,810, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the lowest paying city for court reporters in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $117,710). Also we note that in comparison, the annual salary of court reporters in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is about 61.9 percent (61.9%) lower than that of the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.