Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners Salary — Los Angeles, California

The average Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners in Los Angeles, California earns $88,240 a year.

$88,240 / year, mean
↑ 8.0% above national average 11th percentile in California

Los Angeles is among the lowest-paying cities in California for this specific role. That's a solid premium over the national average for court reporters and simultaneous captioners. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
290
Estimate confidence
RSE 9.6%
Cost of living 114 #3 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $968,608 #5 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $93,525 #23 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Los Angeles ranks #3 for cost of living and #5 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $128,960 Stockton $123,680 Riverside $122,540 San Francisco $120,200 Austin $114,230 Seattle $112,060 Houston $110,490 Sacramento $109,560 Dallas $109,410 Visalia $108,020 San Diego $104,720 El Paso $104,010 Beaumont $103,680 San Antonio $100,140 Bakersfield $97,990 New York $94,850 Buffalo $93,220 Los Angeles $88,240 Chicago $77,220 Philadelphia $74,460 Fort Wayne $65,590 Detroit $65,010 Baltimore $63,170 Sarasota $63,000 Harrisburg $62,960 Allentown $62,840 Tampa $62,240 Pittsburgh $61,730 Bloomington $59,370 Grand Rapids $59,240 Evansville $57,700 Indianapolis $57,400 Lafayette $57,020 Scranton $56,860 Jacksonville $56,310 Miami $55,670 Deltona $54,520 Orlando $54,130 Virginia Beach $53,000 Terre Haute $50,580 Louisville $47,340
CityMean salaryvs. Los Angeles
Allentown, Pennsylvania$62,840-28.8%
Austin, Texas$114,230+29.5%
Bakersfield, California$97,990+11.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$63,170-28.4%
Beaumont, Texas$103,680+17.5%
Bloomington, Indiana$59,370-32.7%
Buffalo, New York$93,220+5.6%
Chicago, Illinois$77,220-12.5%
Dallas, Texas$109,410+24.0%
Deltona, Florida$54,520-38.2%
Detroit, Michigan$65,010-26.3%
El Paso, Texas$104,010+17.9%
Evansville, Indiana$57,700-34.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$65,590-25.7%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$59,240-32.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$62,960-28.6%
Houston, Texas$110,490+25.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$57,400-35.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$56,310-36.2%
Lafayette, Indiana$57,020-35.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$47,340-46.4%
Miami, Florida$55,670-36.9%
New York, New York$94,850+7.5%
Sarasota, Florida$63,000-28.6%
Orlando, Florida$54,130-38.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$74,460-15.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$61,730-30.0%
Riverside, California$122,540+38.9%
Sacramento, California$109,560+24.2%
San Antonio, Texas$100,140+13.5%
San Diego, California$104,720+18.7%
San Francisco, California$120,200+36.2%
San Jose, California$128,960+46.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$56,860-35.6%
Seattle, Washington$112,060+27.0%
Stockton, California$123,680+40.2%
Tampa, Florida$62,240-29.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$50,580-42.7%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$53,000-39.9%
Visalia, California$108,020+22.4%
Gross salary
88,240/yr
Estimated take-home
66,793/yr
Est. total withheld
24.3%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Los Angeles

These notes add local color around Los Angeles, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 27-3092 SOC code
Official area Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 31080 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Long BeachAnaheim
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
13,012,469