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What translators and interpreters make
Median
$60,170
Bottom tenth
$37,070
Top tenth
$103,660
The federal survey counts interpreters and translators together. The national median is $60,170 a year. The bottom tenth earn $37,070 or less and the top tenth $103,660 or more (2025 federal wage survey). A lot of this field is freelance and paid by the hour, the word or the day, so the survey figure describes people working at it full time.