What are the employment prospects for court reporters? Is there a big demand?
Employment of court reporters is projected to increase 10 to 20 percent through 2012. Demand for court reporter services will be spurred by the continuing need for accurate transcription of proceedings in courts and in pretrial depositions and by the growing need to create captions for live or prerecorded television and to provide other real-time translating services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Despite the good job prospects, fewer people are going into this profession, creating a shortage of court reportersparticularly stenographic typistsand making job opportunities very good to excellent. The Court Reporter Job Guide provides all the tools necessary to enter this high-demand field and secure a top paying job.
