Occupation Profile for Interpreters and Translators
Translate or interpret written, oral, or sign language text into another language for others.
Overview
| $35,560.00 | Median Annual Wage | 2,000 | Average Job Openings Per Year |
| 5.7 | Average Unemployment Percentage | 15.9 | Percentage That Completed High School |
| 41,000 | Employment Numbers in 2006 | 36.3 | Percentage That Had Some College |
| 51,000 | Employment Numbers in 2016 (est.) | 47.8 | Percentage That Went Beyond College Degree |
Sample Job Titles
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Related Academic Programs
- African Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Albanian Language and Literature.
- American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- American Sign Language (ASL).
- American Sign Language (ASL).
- American Sign Language (ASL).
- American Sign Language (ASL).
- Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature.
- Arabic Language and Literature.
- Australian/Oceanic/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Bahasa Indonesian/Bahasa Malay Languages and Literatures.
- Baltic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Bengali Language and Literature.
- Bulgarian Language and Literature.
- Burmese Language and Literature.
- Catalan Language and Literature.
- Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Chinese Language and Literature.
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Czech Language and Literature.
- Danish Language and Literature.
- Dutch/Flemish Language and Literature.
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness.
- Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature.
- Finnish and Related Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Foreign Languages and Literatures, General.
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- French Language and Literature.
- German Language and Literature.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Hebrew Language and Literature.
- Hindi Language and Literature.
- Hungarian/Magyar Language and Literature.
- Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Italian Language and Literature.
- Japanese Language and Literature.
- Khmer/Cambodian Language and Literature.
- Korean Language and Literature.
- Language Interpretation and Translation.
- Lao/Laotian Language and Literature.
- Latin Language and Literature.
- Linguistics.
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Modern Greek Language and Literature.
- Mongolian Language and Literature.
- Norwegian Language and Literature.
- Polish Language and Literature.
- Portuguese Language and Literature.
- Punjabi Language and Literature.
- Punjabi Language and Literature.
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Romanian Language and Literature.
- Russian Language and Literature.
- Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Serbian, Croatian, and Serbo-Croatian Languages and Literatures.
- Sign Language Interpretation and Translation.
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Slavic, Baltic, and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Slovak Language and Literature.
- South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- South Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Spanish Language and Literature.
- Swedish Language and Literature.
- Tamil Language and Literature.
- Thai Language and Literature.
- Tibetan Language and Literature.
- Turkic, Ural-Altaic, Caucasian, and Central Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other.
- Turkish Language and Literature.
- Ukrainian Language and Literature.
- Urdu Language and Literature.
- Vietnamese Language and Literature.
Sources: Career Guide to Industries (CGI), Occupational Information Network (O*Net), Occupation Outlook Handbook (OOH)