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Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media · SOC 27-3092

34.3% AI Exposure — Very High
$72,420
Median Annual Salary
Average
O*NET Outlook
Proj. Annual Openings
12,870
Employment (OEWS 2025)
-2%/yr
Empl. growth (2019–2025)
66/100
AI Resiliency Score

AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.

Decision card

Career Evidence Passport

SOC 27-3092 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.

Proxy / seed data labeledDescriptive-only
SOC exposure
34.3%
Very High · Anthropic AEI
Automation friction
30/100
Low friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
Wages
$72,420
No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
Projected openings
BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change -0.3%.
Observed/proxy demand
FY— certified LCAs; 266 postings in 2025.

Skill evidence

Active ListeningWritingReading ComprehensionSpeakingMonitoring
  • H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
  • Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
  • Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
  • This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.

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AI Exposure Analysis

AI Exposure34.3%
AI Resiliency66/100
Exposure BandVery High
Sector Avg. Exposure18.3%

Across AI measures

Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.

71.2%
Consensus
Actual adoption · Anthropic34.3%
AI capability · OpenAI95.8%
AI ability · AIOE83.5%
Automation baseline (2013) · Frey & Osborne50%

AI could do ~95.8% of this role but only ~34.3% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.

Top Skills

1.Active Listening
2.Writing
3.Reading Comprehension
4.Speaking
5.Monitoring

H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand

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No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.

O*NET occupation profile

What this work involves

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.

Common titles: Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR), Court Monitor, Court Recording Monitor, Court Reporter, Court Stenographer, Deposition Reporter

Representative Tasks

  • Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks.
  • Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words.
  • Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements.
  • Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public.
  • Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Record information from legal proceedings.
  • Confer with court staff to clarify information.
  • Meet with individuals involved in legal processes to provide information and clarify issues.
  • Proofread documents, records, or other files to ensure accuracy.
  • Enter information into databases or software programs.

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft Office software · hotMicrosoft Word · hotAcclaim Legal Acclaim DepoManageAcculaw Court Reporters Billing Scheduling Job Management System ABSMSAdvantage Software Total EclipseAudioScribe SpeechCATChase Software Solutions Court Reporting SoftwareCorel WordPerfect Office SuiteCourtpagesCourtroom Data Solutions Techlennium

Employment Projections & AI Exposure

15
Occupations Shown
17.7%
Avg AI Exposure
3
Bright Outlook
Horizontal bar chart showing occupations with the highest projected annual openings. Each bar length represents annual projected openings. Color uses a gradient from violet (lower) to cyan (higher). Summary statistics are shown above the chart.

Employment & Wage Trend

BLS OEWS, 2019–2025


Occupation Employment & Wage TrendMulti-year BLS OEWS history for SOC 27-3092: 2019 — employment: 14,530, median wage: $60,130; 2020 — employment: 13,880, median wage: $61,660; 2021 — employment: 12,300, median wage: $60,380; 2022 — employment: 14,240, median wage: $63,560; 2023 — employment: 12,390, median wage: $63,940; 2025 — employment: 12,870, median wage: $72,420.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.

Sector Comparison

MetricThis CareerSector Average
AI Exposure34.3%18.3%
OutlookAverage18% Bright
Median Salary$72,420N/A
AI Resiliency66/100N/A