NCRA Statistics

Membership data is updated quarterly. Data as of March 18, 2026

Membership

Overall membership statistics

• Total members: 10,550
  
• Number of court reporter members: 7,630
• Gender distribution: 12% male, 88% female
• Average age of court reporters: 56

Membership by member type

• Associates: 5%
• Reporters: 72%
• Retired: 14%
• Students: 8%

Membership by reporter type

• Freelancer: 46% of Reporter Members
• Official: 28% of Reporter Members
• Broadcast Captioner: 1% of Reporter Members
• CART Captioner: 3% of Reporter Members
• CART/Broadcast: 1% of Reporter Members

Membership by associate employment type

• Agency owner: 14.6%
• Attorney: 0.2%
• Court administrator: 0.2%
• Instructor/school official: 12.5%
• Office manager: 2.5%
• Other/unknown: 3.0%
• Paralegal: 0.4%
• Proofreader: 1.7%
• Retired reporter: 4.0%
• School administrator: 2.1%
• Scopist: 7.4%
• Secretary: 0.6%
• Supplier/vendor: 1.7%
• Transcriptionist: 1.5%
• Videographer: 47.6%

Court reporting programs

Number of Approved programs: 19

NCRA Annual Program Reports

NCRA's Annual Program 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 programs.

• NCRA 2019 Annual Program Report
• NCRA 2017 Annual Program Report
• NCRA 2015 Annual Program Report

• 2013-2014 NCRA Industry Outlook (Ducker Report)

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. 

• NCRA Instructional Best Practices Survey
  

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

Written Knowledge Test pass rates

Newly Certified year-end count

*RSR testing started 2020