Arts, Design & Media

Interpreters & Translators

SOC 27-3091

Carry meaning between languages in real time, accurately.

The job

Median pay

$60k

$47k to $81k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+2.0% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

9/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

87th pct

More exposed than 87% of occupations · modeled estimate · 100th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

40/100

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Key skills

Speaking
Active Listening
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking
Monitoring

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Texas	6,780	0.5	1.4×	$48k
California	5,560	0.3	0.9×	$71k
Florida	4,200	0.4	1.3×	$49k
New York	3,240	0.3	1.0×	$84k
Massachusetts	2,280	0.6	1.9×	$73k
Arizona	2,070	0.6	1.9×	$50k
Ohio	2,030	0.4	1.1×	$61k
North Carolina	1,780	0.4	1.1×	$50k
Virginia	1,630	0.4	1.2×	$63k
Georgia	1,600	0.3	1.0×	$58k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Illinois	1,510	0.2	0.7×	$55k
Pennsylvania	1,420	0.2	0.7×	$57k
Wisconsin	1,410	0.5	1.4×	$63k
Washington	1,250	0.4	1.1×	$62k
Indiana	1,170	0.4	1.1×	$48k
Maryland	1,150	0.4	1.2×	$89k
Minnesota	1,030	0.3	1.0×	$66k
Michigan	940	0.2	0.6×	$45k
New Jersey	870	0.2	0.6×	$59k
Utah	850	0.5	1.5×	$66k
Colorado	800	0.3	0.8×	$72k
Tennessee	710	0.2	0.7×	$51k
Oregon	660	0.3	1.0×	$66k
Nebraska	570	0.6	1.7×	$53k
Iowa	560	0.4	1.1×	$48k
South Carolina	520	0.2	0.7×	$51k
Kentucky	480	0.2	0.7×	$54k
Kansas	470	0.3	1.0×	$48k
Missouri	440	0.1	0.5×	$57k
New Mexico	360	0.4	1.2×	$64k
Nevada	320	0.2	0.6×	$50k
Oklahoma	320	0.2	0.6×	$49k
Alabama	310	0.1	0.4×	$46k
Idaho	300	0.3	1.1×	$66k
Connecticut	280	0.2	0.5×	$68k
Washington DC	280	0.4	1.2×	$110k
New Hampshire	240	0.4	1.1×	$56k
South Dakota	230	0.5	1.5×	$53k
Arkansas	220	0.2	0.5×	$52k
Rhode Island	200	0.4	1.2×	$82k
Alaska	150	0.5	1.4×	$52k~
North Dakota	130	0.3	0.9×	$48k
Louisiana	120	0.1	0.2×	$48k
West Virginia	120	0.2	0.5×	$44k~
Delaware	110	0.2	0.7×	$57k~
Maine	90	0.1	0.4×	$63k
Mississippi	80	0.1	0.2×	$57k
Vermont	80	0.3	0.8×	$62k
Wyoming	61	0.2	0.7×	$48k~
Hawaii	60	0.1	0.3×	$42k
Montana	60	0.1	0.3×	$48k

Top metro areas

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX2,530 jobs · $44k median
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,520 jobs · $88k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ1,720 jobs · $50k median
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,660 jobs · $75k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,630 jobs · $95k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,480 jobs · $69k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,280 jobs · $57k median
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL1,170 jobs · $49k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.