Interpreters and Translators Career

The role of Interpreters and Translators is to interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another..

The average annual wage of the occupations is $63,080 and $30 per hour. 35 vocational programs could be taken for the Interpreters and Translators career. Based on BLS data, a total of 51,560 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Interpreters and Translators Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Interpreters and Translators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Deaf Studies	13	$24,725	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness	8	$28,554	-	-	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	23	$31,050	-	750 Hours	8.00 Months
Linguistics	12	$40,910	-	-	-
Language Interpretation and Translation	64	$28,916	-	-	-
Applied Linguistics	5	$24,470	-	-	-
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	2	$51,109	-	-	-
Chinese Language and Literature	21	$47,854	-	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	23	$45,102	-	-	-
Korean Language and Literature	7	$44,848	-	-	-
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	2	$49,283	-	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	9	$44,855	-	-	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	3	$32,011	-	-	-
German Language and Literature	25	$41,858	-	-	-
Norwegian Language and Literature	1	$39,620	-	-	-
Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	-	-	-	-
French Language and Literature	41	$39,927	-	-	-
Italian Language and Literature	13	$46,129	-	-	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	2	$42,334	-	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	102	$35,838	-	-	-
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	5	$48,064	-	-	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	1	$47,683	-	-	-
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	15	$13,906	-	-	-
Arabic Language and Literature	17	$42,090	-	-	-
Hebrew Language and Literature	1	$33,065	-	-	-
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature	2	$48,460	-	-	-
Latin Language and Literature	2	$46,609	-	-	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	1	$39,166	-	-	-
Australian/Oceanic/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	-	-	-	-
Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature	1	$34,218	-	-	-
Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	1	-	-	-	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	53	$30,971	-	-	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	80	$27,630	-	-	-
American Sign Language, Other	2	$20,820	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	16	$38,769	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Interpreters and Translators Career

The following 20 occupations are related to Interpreters and Translators.

Related Occupations toInterpreters and Translators
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
Historians	3,040	$76,120	$37
Social Science Research Assistants	30,890	$62,370	$30
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	57,600	$87,090	$0
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	20,820	$88,490	$0
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	627K	$71,460	$0
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	1,045K	$73,800	$0
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors	36,890	$65,430	$31
Tutors	162K	$48,580	$23
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	134K	$68,570	$33
Library Technicians	76,670	$42,570	$20
Instructional Coordinators	207K	$77,200	$37
Technical Writers	47,970	$86,620	$42
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners	12,390	$71,040	$34
Speech-Language Pathologists	172K	$92,630	$45
Medical Transcriptionists	52,420	$39,090	$19
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	102K	$47,010	$23
Library Assistants, Clerical	83,680	$35,970	$17
Data Entry Keyers	154K	$40,130	$19
Word Processors and Typists	37,200	$47,170	$23
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	5,490	$51,100	$25

Vocational Programs for Interpreters and Translators Career

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Vocational Programs to Prepare Interpreters and Translators Career

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