Headline risk
3%
Very Low RiskCourt reporters and simultaneous captioners
AI displacement pressure score for United States AI Work Index, combining global AI task overlap with local wages, employment trends, and demand signals.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 14% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 67,310
Employment 2024
17.7K
Projected Change (2024–34)
-0.3%
Openings (2024–34)
1.7K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of court reporters and simultaneous captioners is projected to decline 0 percent from 2024 to 2034.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements. AI use: 0%
- 2. Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public. AI use: 0%
- 3. Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words. AI use: 0%
- 4. Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats. AI use: 99%
- 5. Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks. AI use: 0%
- 6. File and store shorthand notes of court session. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 41.4 · 86K employed
Under 25: 9% · 25–54: 63% · 55+: 29%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Data quality
Employment data available
Narrative & sources
Court reporters create word-for-word transcriptions at trials, depositions, and other legal proceedings. Simultaneous captioners provide similar transcriptions for television or for presentations in other settings, such as press conferences and business meetings, for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Most court reporters work in courts or legislatures; simultaneous captioners may work from their home or a central office. Some court reporters and simultaneous captioners travel to other locations, such as meeting sites or public events.
Many community colleges and technical institutes offer postsecondary certificate programs for court reporters and simultaneous captioners. These workers typically receive on-the-job training that varies by type of reporting or captioning. Many states require court reporters and simultaneous captioners who work in legal settings to have a state license or a certification from a professional association.
The median annual wage for court reporters and simultaneous captioners was $67,310 in May 2024.
Employment of court reporters and simultaneous captioners is projected to decline 0 percent from 2024 to 2034.
Important context
This score measures structural AI displacement pressure, not actual job losses. Local wages and demand data are specific to United States AI Work Index; the underlying AI task overlap analysis is consistent across all countries.