Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners

Imminent Risk
87%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
100%
(Imminent Risk)
POLLING
74%
(High Risk)
Average: 87%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
1.8%
by year 2033
WAGES
$63,940
or $30.74 per hour
Volume
12,390
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
2.3/10

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Calculated automation risk

100% (Imminent Risk)

Imminent Risk (81-100%): Occupations in this level have an extremely high likelihood of being automated in the near future. These jobs consist primarily of repetitive, predictable tasks with little need for human judgment.

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Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

74% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 100% chance of automation.

What do you think the risk of automation is?

What is the likelihood that Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?






Sentiment

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Sentiment over time (yearly)

Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners' job openings is expected to rise 1.8% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners' was $63,940, or $30 per hour

'Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners' were paid 33.0% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Significantly lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 12,390 people employed as 'Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 12 thousand people are employed as 'Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners'.

Job description

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.

SOC Code: 27-3092.00

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Comments

Kay (Highly likely) 1 month ago
Voice and speech recognition and the ability to interpret in real time by AI have increased in quality and continue to develop rapidly.
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Jason (Low) 2 months ago
People do not want their appeals and freedom dictated by machines. Speaker errors of who is talking. Accents. Growing use of new slang. Uh-huh/huh-uh.
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David (Highly likely) 1 year ago
My girlfriend has this job and she is already losing hours to AI technology
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