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title = "Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners"
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aliases = ["Certified Shorthand Reporter (CSR)", "Court Reporter", "Court Stenographer", "Official Court Reporter", "Court Monitor", "Court Recording Monitor", "Deposition Reporter", "Digital Court Reporter", "Realtime Court Reporter", "Stenographer", "Court Recorder", "Court Transcriber"]
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jobZoneName = "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
education = "Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree."
experience = "Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job."
svpRange = "(6.0 to < 7.0)"

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label = "Post-Secondary Certificate"
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label = "Some College Courses"
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label = "First Professional Degree"
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category = "Postsecondary nondegree award"
slug = "postsecondary-nondegree-award"

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medianWage = 67310
meanWage = 74630
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pct25Wage = 50210
pct75Wage = 92710
pct90Wage = 127020
employment = 12630
areaTitle = "U.S."

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title = "Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services"
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employment = 3850
medianWage = 51290
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naics = "56"
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title = "Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services"
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usageRelease = "2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2"

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value = 80
percentile = 83
band = "High"
version = "ai-exposure-index-v1"
componentCount = 2

[[aiOutlook.index.components]]
percentile = 91
source = "openai_gpts_are_gpts"

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percentile = 68
source = "microsoft_working_with_ai"

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alpha = 0.9166666666666666
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gamma = 0.9999999999999999

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growthPercent = -0.3
growthPercentile = 25
direction = "Declining"
annualOpeningsThousands = 1.7
annualOpeningsPercentile = 25
employment2024Thousands = 17.7
employment2034Thousands = 17.7

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source = "eloundou_gamma"
label = "LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou)"
value = 0.9999999999999999
percentile = 91
band = "High"
note = "Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank."

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label = "AI assistant applicability (Microsoft)"
value = 0.2022046764211565
percentile = 68
band = "High"
note = "How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement."

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task = "Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats."
usagePercent = 0.04806724484304196
importance = 4.79

[[aiOutlook.usageTasks]]
task = "Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text."
usagePercent = 0.01930906416771771
importance = 4.82

[[aiOutlook.sources]]
source = "bls_employment_projections"
version = "2024-2034"

[[aiOutlook.sources]]
source = "microsoft_working_with_ai"
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source = "openai_gpts_are_gpts"
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skills = 35
capabilities = 120
tools = 27
relatedRoles = 20

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version = "30.3"
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contentHash = "7fa6a0a40b9e4f32"

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text = "Record verbatim proceedings of courts, legislative assemblies, committee meetings, and other proceedings, using computerized recording equipment, electronic stenograph machines, or stenomasks."
type = "Core"
iwa = "4.A.3.b.6.b"

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text = "Proofread transcripts for correct spelling of words."
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iwa = "4.A.2.a.3.a"

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text = "Ask speakers to clarify inaudible statements."
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iwa = "4.A.4.a.2.i"

[[tasks]]
text = "Take notes in shorthand or use a stenotype or shorthand machine that prints letters on a paper tape."
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[[tasks]]
text = "Record symbols on computer storage media and use computer aided transcription to translate and display them as text."
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text = "Provide transcripts of proceedings upon request of judges, lawyers, or the public."
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[[tasks]]
text = "Transcribe recorded proceedings in accordance with established formats."
type = "Core"
iwa = "4.A.3.b.6.b"

[[tasks]]
text = "Log and store exhibits from court proceedings."
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[[tasks]]
text = "File a legible transcript of records of a court case with the court clerk's office."
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[[tasks]]
text = "File and store shorthand notes of court session."
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text = "Type court orders for judges."
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text = "File exhibits."

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text = "Perform secretarial tasks for the court."

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text = "Swear in witnesses."

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[[skills]]
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[[skills]]
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[[skills]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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[[tools]]
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