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Last updated: April 26, 2024
Caption Writer Salary
in Charleston, South Carolina
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$49,360 (USD)
Average Salary
$24/hr
Average Hourly
$1,007
Average Bonus
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Caption Writer is $49,360 a year and $24 an hour in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for a Caption Writer is between $35,885 and $59,034. On average, a Less Than HS Degree is the highest level of education for a Caption Writer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Charleston, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
$55,444
5 Year Change:
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About Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Cost of Living Score:
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Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had a population of 150,227 at the 2020 census. The population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was estimated to be 849,417 in 2023. It ranks as the third-most populous metropolitan...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates computerized captioning system to provide captions for movies or taped television productions for hearing-impaired viewers, and to provide captions (subtitles) in english or foreign language: listens to dialogue of production and writes caption phrases for dialogue.
- Watches production and reviews captions simultaneously to determine which caption phrases to leave in, which to revise, and where captions should be placed on screen.
- Enters commands to edit and place captions, and to synchronize captions with dialogue.
- May write captions to describe music and background noises.
- May discuss captions with director, motion picture, director, television, producer, or producer.
- May translate foreign language dialogue into english language captions, or translate english dialogue into foreign language captions.
- May oversee encoding of captions to master tape of television production.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Caption Writer is $49,360 a year and $24 an hour in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for a Caption Writer is between $35,885 and $59,034. On average, a Less Than HS Degree is the highest level of education for a Caption Writer. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Charleston, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Caption Writer Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Writers and Authors
Job family population: 54,010
Estimated population of Caption Writer jobs: 6,674
Rate of error: 5.0%
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About Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had a population of 150,227 at the 2020 census. The population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was estimated to be 849,417 in 2023. It ranks as the third-most populous metropolitan...
Job Summary
Description:
- Operates computerized captioning system to provide captions for movies or taped television productions for hearing-impaired viewers, and to provide captions (subtitles) in english or foreign language: listens to dialogue of production and writes caption phrases for dialogue.
- Watches production and reviews captions simultaneously to determine which caption phrases to leave in, which to revise, and where captions should be placed on screen.
- Enters commands to edit and place captions, and to synchronize captions with dialogue.
- May write captions to describe music and background noises.
- May discuss captions with director, motion picture, director, television, producer, or producer.
- May translate foreign language dialogue into english language captions, or translate english dialogue into foreign language captions.
- May oversee encoding of captions to master tape of television production.
Caption Writer Job Listings for
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Who We Are
ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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Planning Global Compensation Budgets for 2024 - March Updated
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