Interpreters and Translators
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media · SOC 27-3091
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 27-3091 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 43.0%
- Very High · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 46/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $60,170
- H-1B offered wage $60,000; LCAs are filings.
- Projected openings
- 9,800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +1.7%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- 105
- FY2025 certified LCAs; 16,109 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
Best transitions from here
Explore all pathways→Lower AI-exposure roles that reuse your skills, ranked by a transition score (skills that transfer, safety gain, pay and retraining effort).
AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~88% of this role but only ~43% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →Certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications naming this occupation, FY2016–FY2025. A descriptive high-skill labor-demand signal — employer filings, not visa approvals or individual outcomes. Note: one LCA can cover multiple worker positions.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
Interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another.
Common titles: American Sign Language Interpreter (ASL Interpreter), Court Interpreter, Educational Interpreter, Interpreter, Linguist, Medical Interpreter
Representative 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.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Maintain security.
- •Monitor work environment to ensure safety or adherence to specifications.
- •Translate information for others.
- •Compile technical information or documentation.
- •Conduct research to inform art, designs, or other work.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 43.0% | 18.3% |
| Outlook | Bright ↗ | 18% Bright |
| Median Salary | $60,170 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 57/100 | N/A |