Education Analysis

Education Requirements for Interpreters and Translators

Does degree level affect salary? Based on education data in DOL PERM (green card) filings.

Salary by Education Level

What the Data Shows

For Interpreters and Translators positions, filings requiring a Master's degree carried an average declared salary of $70,108 versus $47,517 for those requiring a Bachelor's - a premium of +47.5%. Across all certified filings with a stated education level, 56.8% accepted a Bachelor's degree as the minimum requirement.

Education vs Salary

Education LevelAverage SalaryFilings% of Total
Master's$70,1084322.4%
Bachelor's$47,51710956.8%
None$46,959115.7%
High School$41,6332010.4%
Associate's$35,24173.6%
Other$28,62121%

Education by Top Employer

EmployerMost Common Minimum% Bachelor's% Master'sMedian Salary
TransPerfect Translations International Inc. Bachelor's 50% 50% $45,594
Interpreting Services International Master's 0% 100% $52,978
Law Offices of Deacon Zhang, P.C. Bachelor's 100% 0% $36,566
Welocalize, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $70,000
Apple Inc. Master's 37.5% 50% $105,000
American Education and Translation Services Corp Bachelor's 100% 0% $37,669
Professional Translating Services, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $37,440
Taki Law Offices, A Professional Corporation High School 50% 0% $32,864
Law offices of Melanie M Yang N/A N/A N/A $39,208
Netflix, Inc. Master's 0% 100% $72,904
Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation N/A N/A N/A $61,402
MediaLocate, Inc. N/A N/A N/A $50,000
MASTERWORD SERVICES, INC. Bachelor's 100% 0% $62,400
Donnelley Financial LLC N/A N/A N/A $52,000
International Baccalaureate Organization N/A N/A N/A $47,000
KEROSKY PURVES AND BOGUE Bachelor's 100% 0% $47,216
UNIVERSE TECHNICAL TRANSLATION Bachelor's 66.7% 33.3% $45,760
Z-AXIS TECH SOLUTIONS INC N/A N/A N/A $56,004
HONDA KAIHATSU KOGYO USA, INC. N/A N/A N/A $52,800
GLOBAL LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS N/A N/A N/A $49,000