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Interpreters and Translators
Role Overview
Interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another.
Recommended Majors
Deaf Studies.
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness.
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General.
Linguistics.
Language Interpretation and Translation.
Applied Linguistics.
African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Chinese Language and Literature.
Japanese Language and Literature.
Korean Language and Literature.
Tibetan Language and Literature.
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Baltic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Russian Language and Literature.
Albanian Language and Literature.
Bulgarian Language and Literature.
Czech Language and Literature.
Polish Language and Literature.
Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian Languages and Literatures.
Slovak Language and Literature.
Ukrainian Language and Literature.
Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
German Language and Literature.
Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Danish Language and Literature.
Dutch/Flemish Language and Literature.
Norwegian Language and Literature.
Swedish Language and Literature.
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Modern Greek Language and Literature.
South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Hindi Language and Literature.
Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Bengali Language and Literature.
Punjabi Language and Literature.
Tamil Language and Literature.
Urdu Language and Literature.
South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Iranian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
French Language and Literature.
Italian Language and Literature.
Portuguese Language and Literature.
Spanish Language and Literature.
Romanian Language and Literature.
Catalan Language and Literature.
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Arabic Language and Literature.
Hebrew Language and Literature.
Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature.
Latin Language and Literature.
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Southeast Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General.
Australian/Oceanic/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Indonesian/Malay Languages and Literatures.
Burmese Language and Literature.
Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature.
Khmer/Cambodian Language and Literature.
Lao Language and Literature.
Thai Language and Literature.
Vietnamese Language and Literature.
Hawaiian Language and Literature.
Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Turkish Language and Literature.
Uralic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
Hungarian/Magyar Language and Literature.
Mongolian Language and Literature.
Turkic, Uralic-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
American Sign Language (ASL).
Linguistics of ASL and Other Sign Languages.
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation.
American Sign Language, Other.
Armenian Language and Literature.
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
Court Interpreter.
Economics and Foreign Language/Literature.
History and Language/Literature.
Salary by State (top paying)
| State | Median salary |
|---|---|
| New York | $84,650 |
| District of Columbia | $81,140 |
| Maryland | $78,350 |
| Virginia | $74,250 |
| California | $73,510 |
| Washington | $69,620 |
| Colorado | $66,590 |
| Utah | $65,990 |
| Massachusetts | $65,490 |
| West Virginia | $63,750 |
| Minnesota | $63,440 |
| Georgia | $61,610 |
| Oregon | $61,520 |
| Wisconsin | $61,000 |
| Vermont | $60,210 |
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Median Annual Salary
$59,440
Projected Growth (10yr)
+1.7%
Avg. annual openings
6.9k
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