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Translator / Interpreter Career Market Report 2026

2,491 active jobs. 111 companies. Median salary $48K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

2,491
Active Job Openings
111
Companies Hiring
$48K
Median Salary (US)
11%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Translator / Interpreter market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 11% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $48K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $45K to $92K.

Bilingual is the most-demanded skill at 30%

Adobe Creative Suite demand rose +17.8pp — fastest-growing skill

Empire Group leads hiring with 1,454 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$28K, +63%)

Salary increase: +$28K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 13% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Junior10$45K$45K$70K
Mid-Level6$73K$73K$73K
Senior3$92K$92K$291K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$28K (63%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States28$52KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site0.2%
Remote4.4%
Hybrid0.1%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Bilingual
30%
Adobe Creative Suite
18%
AI/LLM
13%

Skills on the Rise

Adobe Creative Suite ↑+17.8pp

Declining in Demand

Customer Service ↓-34.9ppTyping ↓-24.7ppQuality Assurance ↓-24.7ppTime Management ↓-24.7ppISO 9001 ↓-23.7pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Empire Group1,45458.4%
Translation Empire1355.4%
oneworldglobalservices1084.3%
contactlinksolutions863.5%
kreatolanguagegroup823.3%
propiolanguageservices542.2%
clgt522.1%
Prosidianconsulting471.9%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United Kingdom1,560
United States186
Pakistan35
Malaysia23
Canada20
Remote19
India13
Australia11

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree61.1%168
Master's Degree20.7%57
Bachelor's Degree8.7%24
MBA0.4%1
High School / GED0.4%1

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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