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Highest-paying Cities for Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

The top 100 highest paying cities for court reporters and simultaneous captioners (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of court reporters and simultaneous captioners in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $122,870, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for court reporters and simultaneous captioners. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $122,810). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of court reporters and simultaneous captioners in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$122,870	$42,440	70
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$122,810	$83,220	460
3	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$112,410	$60,070	40
4	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$106,270	$72,110	100
5	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$105,760	$52,740	190
6	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$105,530	$35,870	30
7	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$104,740	$62,080	30
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$101,820	$57,990	840
9	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$101,770	$30,610	260
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$100,370	$50,080	200

11	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$97,840	$47,720	110
12	Stockton, California	$97,330	$81,940	30
13	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$93,840	$69,820	60
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$92,060	$36,460	640
15	El Paso, Texas	$88,940	$69,990	50
16	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$86,440	$38,240	50
17	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$85,200	$78,490	60
18	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$84,770	$34,280	150
19	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$83,280	$28,510	90
20	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$82,020	$48,290	60
21	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$80,250	$61,400	60
22	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$79,860	$58,530	70
23	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$79,330	$40,460	30
24	Columbus, Ohio	$79,280	$39,120	40
25	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$77,700	$34,690	30
26	Rochester, New York	$77,050	$55,380	40
27	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$72,550	$52,690	40
28	Toledo, Ohio	$70,850	$38,340	30
29	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$70,150	$51,070	40
30	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$69,620	$44,860	490
31	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$68,080	$47,230	280
32	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$68,030	$55,910	30
33	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$67,970	$53,930	150
34	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$66,740	$33,030	130
35	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$66,430	$33,500	450
36	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$66,310	$19,280	30
37	Tucson, Arizona	$66,160	$37,050	50
38	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$65,900	$56,960	30
39	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$65,290	$53,900	40
40	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$63,750	$40,350	30
41	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$63,560	$50,440	110
42	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$63,460	$51,000	30
43	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$62,880	$43,620	40
44	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$62,640	$43,150	130
45	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$61,950	$20,280	50
46	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$61,750	$29,050	40
47	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$61,570	$37,190	30
48	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$61,390	$35,880	170
49	Kansas City, Missouri	$61,260	$29,080	60
50	St Louis, Missouri	$61,260	$29,740	120
51	Evansville, Kentucky	$60,860	$47,520	40
52	Wichita, Kansas	$59,050	$50,960	30
53	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$58,700	$37,330	30
54	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$58,140	$18,860	n/a
55	New Haven, Connecticut	$57,460	$40,880	40
56	Dayton, Ohio	$54,680	$34,490	50
57	Columbia, South Carolina	$54,670	$45,470	60
58	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$53,920	$38,560	140
59	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$53,600	$32,570	80
60	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$53,480	$37,300	110
61	Savannah, Georgia	$53,270	$26,710	n/a
62	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$52,540	$21,490	70
63	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$52,270	$32,520	40
64	Terre Haute, Indiana	$50,400	$40,050	40
65	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$49,380	$24,870	60
66	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$49,240	$18,820	30
67	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$49,120	$49,120	100
68	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$48,990	$27,520	170
69	Topeka, Kansas	$48,520	$34,790	n/a
70	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$48,110	$42,590	n/a
71	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$47,910	$33,090	40
72	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$47,780	$42,570	n/a
73	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$47,220	$27,970	30
74	Bloomington, Indiana	$46,920	$37,720	40
75	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$45,950	$34,150	n/a
76	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$45,760	$35,340	260
77	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$45,590	$41,240	30
78	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$45,580	$41,980	40
79	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$45,450	$28,290	510
80	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$44,580	$37,090	80
81	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$43,410	$31,170	210
82	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$42,620	$36,850	80
83	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$40,110	$29,880	n/a
84	Worcester, Massachusetts	$39,630	$28,740	n/a
85	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$39,550	$34,140	60
86	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$38,950	$33,150	50
87	Jacksonville, Florida	$38,170	$27,420	60
88	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$36,160	$35,080	40
89	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$34,990	$25,530	50
90	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$33,970	$30,030	880
91	Montgomery, Alabama	$33,490	$21,010	30
92	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$30,220	$24,960	170
93	Memphis, Tennessee	$28,910	$21,590	n/a
94	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$18,460	$16,310	n/a