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What court reporters make
Typical
$54,000
Courtroom monitor or new transcriptionist
$35,000
Certified stenographer or captioner
$75,000
Job Bank's national median is $26 an hour, about $54,000 a year full time. Ontario's top end is higher, about $38 an hour. Self-employed transcriptionists are paid per page, so fast and accurate workers earn well above the median and slow ones earn less.