Interpreters and Translators Career

Vocational Programs for Interpreters and Translators Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
52K	$30.33	$63,080

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

The following 35 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Interpreters and Translators.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Interpreters and Translators
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Deaf Studies	13	-	-	-	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness	8	-	-	-	-
Foreign Languages and Literatures	23	-	-	750 Hours	8.00 Months
Linguistics	12	-	-	-	-
Language Interpretation and Translation	64	-	-	-	-
Applied Linguistics	5	-	-	-	-
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	2	-	-	-	-
Chinese Language and Literature	21	-	-	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	23	-	-	-	-
Korean Language and Literature	7	-	-	-	-
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	2	-	-	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	9	-	-	-	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	3	-	-	-	-
German Language and Literature	25	-	-	-	-
Norwegian Language and Literature	1	-	-	-	-
Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	-	-	-	-
French Language and Literature	41	-	-	-	-
Italian Language and Literature	13	-	-	-	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	2	-	-	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	102	-	-	-	-
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	5	-	-	-	-
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	1	-	-	-	-
American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	15	-	-	-	-
Arabic Language and Literature	17	-	-	-	-
Hebrew Language and Literature	1	-	-	-	-
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature	2	-	-	-	-
Latin Language and Literature	2	-	-	-	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	1	-	-	-	-
Australian/Oceanic/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	1	-	-	-	-
Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature	1	-	-	-	-
Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	1	-	-	-	-
American Sign Language (ASL)	53	-	-	-	-
Sign Language Interpretation and Translation	80	-	-	-	-
American Sign Language, Other	2	-	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)	16	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Interpreters and Translators

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Deaf Studies

Education/Teaching of Individuals with Hearing Impairments Including Deafness

Foreign Languages and Literatures

750 Hours

8.00 Months

Linguistics

Language Interpretation and Translation

Applied Linguistics

East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Chinese Language and Literature

Japanese Language and Literature

Korean Language and Literature

Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Russian Language and Literature

Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

German Language and Literature

Norwegian Language and Literature

Sanskrit and Classical Indian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

French Language and Literature

Italian Language and Literature

Portuguese Language and Literature

Spanish Language and Literature

102

Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)

American Indian/Native American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Arabic Language and Literature

Hebrew Language and Literature

Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature

Latin Language and Literature

Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)

Australian/Oceanic/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Filipino/Tagalog Language and Literature

Southeast Asian and Australasian/Pacific Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other

American Sign Language (ASL)

Sign Language Interpretation and Translation

American Sign Language, Other

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (other)

Schools offering voational programs for Interpreters and Translators

The following 316 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Interpreters and Translators. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.