Highest-paying Cities for Court Reporters

The top 100 highest paying cities for court reporters (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of court reporters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $117,710, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for court reporters. It is followed by Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California (average annual salary $116,350). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of court reporters in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Court Reporters

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$117,710	$59,170	210
2	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$116,350	$104,080	100
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$115,160	$76,130	40
4	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$109,940	$59,990	180
5	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$102,060	$46,240	140
6	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$100,640	$51,190	660
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$94,720	$62,260	670
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$94,280	$47,790	1,070
9	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$88,690	$73,680	40
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$88,090	$66,320	490
11	Fresno, California	$87,670	$68,430	30
12	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$87,300	$63,410	90
13	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$86,400	$68,720	210
14	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$86,360	$67,530	340
15	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$86,170	$36,620	40
16	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$86,040	$54,700	220
17	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$85,560	$42,840	60
18	Rochester, New York	$79,540	$57,690	50
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$76,140	$46,840	580
20	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$75,550	$49,580	50
21	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$74,990	$35,990	90
22	Modesto, California	$73,810	$63,040	n/a
23	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$73,810	$53,990	150
24	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$73,800	$53,980	30
25	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$73,570	$28,530	280
26	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$72,280	$33,720	30
27	El Paso, Texas	$71,200	$19,720	70
28	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$70,340	$45,250	270
29	Toledo, Ohio	$70,300	$38,900	30
30	Wilmington, New Jersey	$68,830	$28,450	50
31	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$68,270	$50,400	30
32	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$67,720	$44,170	40
33	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$67,650	$51,960	60
34	St Louis, Missouri	$65,880	$30,510	60
35	Tucson, Arizona	$65,490	$53,480	50
36	Fort Smith, Oklahoma	$64,080	$34,200	n/a
37	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$63,890	$21,280	40
38	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$63,850	$46,150	80
39	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$63,760	$52,160	60
40	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$62,940	$32,910	60
41	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$61,620	$33,680	150
42	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$61,570	$47,660	180
43	Reading, Pennsylvania	$61,250	$23,390	30
44	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$61,240	$42,240	140
45	New Haven, Connecticut	$61,070	$45,650	30
46	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$59,260	$53,250	n/a
47	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$59,060	$40,720	490
48	Memphis, Tennessee	$59,040	$29,260	40
49	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$58,520	$27,100	100
50	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$58,040	$48,850	n/a
51	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$57,870	$19,810	50
52	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$57,250	$30,520	30
53	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$57,120	$45,720	60
54	Wichita, Kansas	$57,020	$34,290	40
55	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$57,020	$36,750	50
56	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$56,990	$32,960	130
57	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$56,080	$49,520	n/a
58	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$55,910	$40,640	40
59	Tallahassee, Florida	$55,900	$32,860	40
60	Kansas City, Missouri	$55,870	$34,300	150
61	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$55,680	$43,460	50
62	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$55,410	$31,820	110
63	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$55,110	$19,240	n/a
64	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$54,930	$28,740	210
65	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$54,740	$29,310	360
66	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$54,530	$38,820	n/a
67	Charleston, West Virginia	$54,350	$26,000	30
68	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$54,310	$17,810	630
69	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$54,180	$19,360	50
70	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$53,860	$32,380	60
71	Flint, Michigan	$53,850	$29,570	40
72	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$53,740	$31,320	210
73	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$53,500	$39,050	100
74	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$53,170	$39,630	30
75	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$53,100	$33,190	860
76	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$53,000	$22,740	50
77	Columbus, Ohio	$52,990	$36,270	70
78	Dayton, Ohio	$52,480	$33,440	60
79	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$52,270	$21,010	120
80	Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana	$52,260	$21,790	40
81	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$51,820	$32,920	90
82	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$51,790	$39,730	40
83	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$51,660	$36,340	40
84	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$51,630	$17,010	30
85	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$51,260	$37,040	30
86	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$50,670	$37,000	n/a
87	Columbia, South Carolina	$50,530	$36,130	80
88	Madison, Wisconsin	$50,480	$34,140	30
89	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$49,900	$33,110	40
90	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$49,090	$41,240	n/a
91	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$48,970	$33,390	90
92	Topeka, Kansas	$48,730	$34,580	n/a
93	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$47,990	$26,150	160
94	Mobile, Alabama	$47,860	$17,040	40
95	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$47,000	$39,890	220
96	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$46,440	$40,490	n/a
97	Monroe, Louisiana	$46,370	$33,500	n/a
98	Honolulu, Hawaii	$46,350	$32,850	n/a
99	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$45,900	$32,420	40
100	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$45,850	$26,190	90

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for court reporters.