The annual salary statistics of court reporters and simultaneous captioners in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of court reporters and simultaneous captioners in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 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 | $30,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $30,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $33,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for court reporters and simultaneous captioners in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $33,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,030.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of court reporters and simultaneous captioners from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 3-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $33,970 | -198.91% | -177.27% |
| 2021 | $101,540 | -6.50% | - |
| 2020 | $108,140 | 12.90% | - |
| 2019 | $94,190 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $33,970, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is the lowest paying city for court reporters and simultaneous captioners in state of Texas, following city of Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (median annual salary of $101,770). In comparison, the median annual salary of court reporters and simultaneous captioners in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 66.6 percent (66.6%) lower than that in the highest paying city Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| El Paso | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington |