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Highest-paying States for Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $105,030, New York is the highest paying state for court reporters and simultaneous captioners. It is followed by California (average annual salary $104,850). 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 state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York	$105,030	$67,040	1,070
2	California	$104,850	$45,310	2,070
3	Massachusetts	$100,370	$50,080	240
4	Iowa	$83,410	$46,470	210
5	Washington	$83,250	$65,360	100
6	Colorado	$79,860	$60,920	120
7	Maine	$75,940	$49,350	50
8	Delaware	$71,260	$32,070	40
9	Nevada	$70,150	$51,070	40
10	Illinois	$69,620	$49,550	690
11	Minnesota	$65,370	$53,930	290
12	Mississippi	$64,590	$49,480	30
13	Georgia	$63,080	$30,570	690
14	Kansas	$62,880	$43,620	120
15	Nebraska	$62,880	$54,260	60
16	Pennsylvania	$61,750	$44,660	750
17	Arizona	$61,570	$35,880	310
18	Missouri	$61,260	$26,690	250
19	Idaho	$60,400	$57,800	40
20	North Carolina	$59,010	$43,780	140
21	New Jersey	$57,990	$49,000	140
22	New Mexico	$57,830	$53,830	60
23	North Dakota	$57,230	$49,800	60
24	Michigan	$56,430	$43,300	360
25	Ohio	$56,350	$22,440	350
26	Maryland	$55,880	$38,560	220
27	Louisiana	$55,140	$33,030	230
28	South Dakota	$54,710	$40,550	50
29	Connecticut	$53,600	$39,290	190
30	Alabama	$53,170	$25,530	250
31	Oregon	$53,060	$48,200	40
32	Montana	$52,710	$49,230	50
33	Texas	$51,780	$30,030	1,760
34	South Carolina	$50,520	$36,820	150
35	West Virginia	$48,980	$23,560	140
36	Wisconsin	$48,700	$27,280	30
37	Arkansas	$48,560	$20,810	150
38	Utah	$47,560	$25,380	0
39	Indiana	$46,030	$33,590	850
40	Florida	$45,760	$28,290	1,390
41	Tennessee	$41,310	$37,550	0
42	Kentucky	$39,090	$32,070	90
43	Virginia	$37,260	$30,560	230
44	Puerto Rico	$30,220	$24,960	170

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of court reporters and simultaneous captioners in those states is not available at this time.

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