Deposition transcript invoice
Enter the page count and per-page rate at minimum, then click Calculate invoice.
Invoice total
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Copies the line items, the total, and the "arithmetic only" note as plain text to paste into an invoice or email.
Agency offer check
Many assignments come through an agency quoting one flat number instead of billing the client directly. This divides that offer by your total hours on the job so you can compare it to your own target hourly rate before accepting.
Enter the agency's offer and your total hours, then click Check this offer.
Agency offer result
What this does and doesn't do
Both calculators total the numbers you enter — page counts, rates, multipliers, fees, and hours. Neither one knows any court's official transcript-rate schedule, an agency's contracted rate, or which fees a specific bar or client will accept. Treat the output as the arithmetic behind your own invoice or acceptance decision, not a determination of what a client owes or what a contract requires.
Common questions
How do freelance court reporters price a deposition transcript?
Most freelance reporters bill a flat appearance fee for showing up, plus a per-page rate for the transcript itself. The per-page rate is usually multiplied for faster turnaround (expedited, daily, or same-day), and certified copies, exhibits, a rough draft, realtime feed, and travel are billed as separate line items on top.
How much more does expedited or daily turnaround cost?
There is no single industry-wide multiplier -- it varies by reporter, agency, and jurisdiction. This calculator starts with illustrative defaults (expedited about 1.5x the ordinary rate, daily about 2x, same-day or hourly about 3x) that you can edit to match your own rate card before it reaches the invoice total.
How do I check whether an agency's flat offer is worth taking?
Divide the agency's total pay (page count times its offered rate, plus any flat appearance fee) by your total hours on the job -- travel both ways, time at the appearance, and production time. That effective hourly rate is what the assignment actually pays, which a per-page headline rate alone does not show. The agency offer check on this page does that division and compares it to a target hourly rate you set.
Does this calculator know my state's official transcript-rate schedule?
No. It only multiplies the rates, page counts, and multipliers you enter -- it does not know any court's official transcript-rate schedule, any agency's contracted rate, or which fees a specific bar or client will accept. Check your own state's rules and any governing contract before invoicing.
Is this legal or financial advice?
No. This calculator only totals the numbers you enter -- it does not determine what a client owes, does not know your state's transcript-rate rules, and is not a substitute for reviewing your own rate card, contract, or a qualified professional's advice.
Weighing an offer and not sure whether the rate itself is any good? What is a good per-page rate for a court reporter? works through why the same $4.50 a page can pay $68 an hour on one deposition and $112 on another, and why a higher rate is not automatically the better job.