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Interpreters and Translators Salary in IA

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Interpreters and Translators in IA have a median annual salary of $48,150, with 560 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $34,330 at the 10th percentile to $67,290 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$48,150

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$23.15

Employment

560

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$34,330
10th
$40,450
25th
$48,150
Median
$53,620
75th
$67,290
90th

Local compared with national

IA

$48,150

Median annual · 2025

United States

$60,170

Median annual · 2025

The IA median is 20.0% below the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $12,020).

Top skills

  1. 1.SpeakingImportance 4.1
  2. 2.Active ListeningImportance 4.0
  3. 3.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.9
  4. 4.WritingImportance 3.8
  5. 5.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.6
  6. 6.MonitoringImportance 3.6
  7. 7.Active LearningImportance 3.1
  8. 8.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.1
  9. 9.Service OrientationImportance 3.1
  10. 10.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.1
  11. 11.Learning StrategiesImportance 3.0
  12. 12.CoordinationImportance 3.0

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Job zone
4

Technology used

  • AmoK Translator
  • Ashkon Translation Pad
  • Babylon Online Translator
  • DocTranslate
  • Electronic dictionaries
  • ExcelTrans Translator
  • Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML
  • Google Translate Client
  • HunterSoft Business Translator
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • Intrado SchoolMessenger
  • jalada GmbH Just Translate
  • Language Engineering Corporation Translate Pro
  • Lingoes
  • Microsoft Access

Common tasks

  • Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
  • Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
  • Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
  • Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
  • Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
  • Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.
  • Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.
  • Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.
  • Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.
  • Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Interpreters and Translators salary in other locations

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