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Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Also filed here: Stenographer, Captioner, Court reporter
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 0.1% fewer of these jobs by 2035.
- Rank
- #161 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- -0.1% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $72,420 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 19,900 in the US, with about 1,800 openings a year
The work, 9 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Record information about legal matters27%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Examine materials or documentation for accuracy or compliance16%
AI performed this in about 1 in 824 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
Still yours: Prepare legal or regulatory documents12%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Perform administrative or clerical activities11%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 171 conversations, and it got them there 89% of the time. In this job the work is hands-on, so AI can only assist.
AI does this: Provide information or assistance to the public9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 7 Copilot conversations and completed it 86% of the time.
AI does this: Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data7%
AI performed this in about 1 in 683 Copilot conversations and completed it 82% of the time.
Still yours: Discuss legal matters with clients, disputants, or legal professionals or staff6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Process forensic or legal evidence6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Process digital or online data6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 136 Copilot conversations and completed it 81% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 100 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
Even shrinking, it should still see about 1,800 openings a year as people retire or move on.
BLS on AIAI increasingly performs simultaneous captioning and transcription, dampening demand. Source ↗
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 24% of the workArbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators16% AI does, against 37% here+4.7% by 2035 · $75,530 · Bachelor’s degree
- Shares 44% of the workJudicial Law Clerks9% AI does, against 37% here+2.8% by 2035 · $64,920 · Doctoral or professional degree
- Shares 30% of the workLegal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants21% AI does, against 37% here-5.2% by 2035 · $55,570 · High school diploma
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deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.20, higher than 69% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 27-3092 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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