NCRA Statistics

 

Membership

 

Overall membership statistics

  • Number of members (all): 10,454
  • Number of court reporter members: 7,831
  • Number of stenographic court reporters in marketplace: 27,000 (est.)
  • Percentage Male/Female: 11% Male – 89% Female
  • Average age of court reporters: 55

 

Membership breakdown

  • Freelancer – 59% of Reporter Members
  • Official – 36% of Reporter Members
  • Captioner – 1.7% of Reporter Members
  • CART – 2.6% of Reporter Members
  • CART/Broadcast – 1.1% of Reporter Members
  • Firm Owner – 18.2% overall of Associate & Reporter Members
  • Videographer – 44.3% of Associate Members
  • Instructor – 12.8% of Associate Members

 

Membership data is updated quarterly.

 


 

Schools

 

Court reporting schools

Number of Approved Schools: 22

 

 

NCRA Annual School Reports

NCRA's Annual School Reports are compiled from data submitted by NCRA-approved court reporting programs. In addition to providing information on educational trends, the reports include statistics on student enrollment, graduation rates, and membership. Get an overview of NCRA's ongoing and planned initiatives for fostering success in our schools.

The Industry Outlook Report is an executive summary of the court reporting industry. The purpose of this study is to create an industry report for the National Court Reporters Association and its membership that captures both the current state of the profession as well as a near-term outlook of demand for stenographic court reporting services.

 

NCRA's Vision for Educational Excellence Task Force was asked to develop a vision for the future of court reporting education and identify steps that NCRA could take to make that vision a reality. Read the executive summary of the survey created to assess current practices and identify which of those practices actually drive positive student outcomes. 

 


 

Certification and Testing

 

NCRA Certificates

  • Realtime Systems Administrator – 247
  • Trial Presentation Professional – 169

NCRA Certifications

  • Registered Skilled Reporter (RSR) – 41
  • Registered Professional Reporter (RPR) – 5,093
  • Registered Merit Reporter (RMR) –1,437
  • Registered Diplomate Reporter (RDR) – 509
  • Certified Realtime Captioner (CRC) – 751
  • Certified Realtime Reporter (CRR) – 2,141
  • Certified Manager of Reporting Services (CMRS) – 47
  • Certified Legal Video Specialist (CLVS) – 231
  • Certified Reporting Instructor (CRI) – 156
  • Certified Program Evaluator (CPE) – 34
  • Master Certified Reporting Instructor (MCRI) – 1

 

 

Testing

 

NCRA provides yearly data about the association’s written knowledge tests and skills tests.  NCRA gathers data from seven certifications offered four to six times a year. Pass rates calculated solely from tests that were fully completed and submitted for scoring.

 

Skills Test pass rates

 

2021

2022

2023

Test Type

#Tests Taken

Pass Rate

#Tests Taken

Pass Rate

#Tests Taken

Pass Rate

RSR-L

66

29%

133

35%

97

36%

RSR-J

63

30%

150

37%

120

28%

RSR-T

74

18%

145

25%

145

16%

RPR-L

537

37%

402

34%

473

28%

RPR-J

494

35%

419

36%

445

32%

RPR-T

1001

20%

576

22%

593

19%

CRC

160

13%

92

12%

88

11%

CRR

425

9%

446

6%

345

8%

RMR-L

110

42%

134

42%

97

26%

RMR-J

140

41%

135

47%

100

39%

RMR-T

290

23%

181

23%

168

17%

Totals

3360

 

2813

 

2671

 

 

 

Written Knowledge Test pass rates 

2021

2022

2023

Test Type

#Tests Taken

Pass Rate

#Tests Taken

Pass Rate

#Tests Taken

Pass Rate

RPR

324

55%

312

64%

247

58%

RDR

56

50%

54

48%

36

39%

CRC

26

73%

27

93%

17

65%

CLVS

38

45%

43

46%

38

37%

Totals

444

 

436

 

338

 

 

 

Newly Certified year-end count

Credential

2021

2022

2023

RSR

12

34

22

RPR

192

111

94

RMR

65

58

42

RDR

27

40

23

CRC

21

11

9

CRR

37

37

39

CLVS

10

14

14

Totals

364

305

243


*RSR testing started 2020

 

Certification data is updated every February.