- Approximately 18,430 court reporter-stenographers typed their way through judicial court hearings, trials and private business meetings throughout the country, with a median annual salary for the profession of $47,700, with a range of $25,710 in the 10th percentile to $91,280 in the 90th percentile, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment report. For Florida's portion of the profession, the 1,550 workers in the state earned at a significantly lower rate, with a statewide annual median pay of $33,190 and a range of $17,410 in the 10th percentile and $65,190 in the 90th percentile.
- Only one area within Florida paid annual median wages higher than the country's for the occupation. Stenographers in the Orlando-Kissimmee area just topped the national rate with annual wages of $47,880. The next-highest-paid stenographers were in Port St. Lucie, earning $34,980, which was still significantly lower than the rest of the country.
- The lowest annual median wages for stenographers in Florida went to those in the Jacksonville area, taking in $21,730. The Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach areas were also under the median by a significant amount, at $22,170, followed closely by West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, paying $22,580.
- Orlando-Kissimmee stenographers also had the highest 90th percentile wage for their state, at $74,060. Port St. Lucie took second place here as well, with 90th percentile wages of $55,340. On the opposite end of the scale, stenographers in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach had the lowest 10th percentile wages, at $16,590, the lowest in the entire state. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach had the second-lowest 10th percentile rates, at $16,290.
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