In 2021, interpreters and translators earned an hourly mean wage of just over 28 U.S. dollars in the United States. Between 2013 and 2021, the hourly mean wage for interpreters and translators increased by approximately five dollars.
Mean hourly wage of interpreters and translators in the United States from 2013 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars)
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Statistics on Language services in the U.S.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2022). Mean hourly wage of interpreters and translators in the United States from 2013 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/756786/mean-hourly-wage-in-interpreting-and-translating-services-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Mean hourly wage of interpreters and translators in the United States from 2013 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/756786/mean-hourly-wage-in-interpreting-and-translating-services-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Mean hourly wage of interpreters and translators in the United States from 2013 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/756786/mean-hourly-wage-in-interpreting-and-translating-services-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Mean Hourly Wage of Interpreters and Translators in The United States from 2013 to 2021 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/756786/mean-hourly-wage-in-interpreting-and-translating-services-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mean hourly wage of interpreters and translators in the United States from 2013 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/756786/mean-hourly-wage-in-interpreting-and-translating-services-us/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Mean hourly wage of interpreters and translators in the United States from 2013 to 2021 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/756786/mean-hourly-wage-in-interpreting-and-translating-services-us/