Compared with the local labor market
Court Reporter pay vs. Arkansas
Across all employers in Arkansas, the median wage for Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners — about 130 people — is $59,180. Administrative Office of the Courts pays a median base salary of $62,287 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 57th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Administrative Office of the Courts sits in the local pay range
$53,200
$55,670
$59,180
$71,130
$80,090
Administrative Office of the Courts median · $62,287
The bar is the range of annual wages for Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners across every employer in Arkansas, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Administrative Office of the Courts’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners — about 12,870 people — is $72,420. Administrative Office of the Courts’s median base salary is 14% below that national figure, about the 36th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$42,130
$53,760
$72,420
$100,780
$130,560
Administrative Office of the Courts median · $62,287
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Arkansas range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Administrative Office of the Courts is $62,287, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Arkansas
Court Reporter is held in 2 Arkansas departments. In Administrative Office of the Courts, the median of $62,287 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Court Reporter role in other Arkansasdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Court Reporter beyond Arkansas
This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Arkansas, the median of $62,287 ranks #5 of 7. See Court Reporter across all of Arkansas →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Court Reporterroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.