Highest-paying Cities for Interpreters and Translators

The top 100 highest paying cities for interpreters and translators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of interpreters and translators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $105,700, Fayetteville, North Carolina is the highest paying city for interpreters and translators. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia (average annual salary $88,430). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of interpreters and translators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Interpreters and Translators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$105,700	$32,690	100
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$88,430	$49,020	1,850
3	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$85,440	$49,330	370
4	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$81,850	$47,410	270
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$81,600	$54,790	80
6	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$78,520	$37,710	1,940
7	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$76,770	$46,010	220
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$74,930	$54,100	350
9	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$74,900	$66,710	130
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$74,670	$44,140	960
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$74,010	$41,120	760
12	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$73,500	$51,890	n/a
13	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$72,260	$43,800	60
14	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$71,260	$48,050	50
15	Charlottesville, Virginia	$70,780	$38,360	40
16	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$70,170	$34,800	1,830
17	Lubbock, Texas	$69,620	$35,760	130
18	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$69,240	$41,500	90
19	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$69,060	$50,780	600
20	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$67,840	$35,730	110
21	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$67,590	$34,520	500
22	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$67,510	$35,760	310
23	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$66,760	$34,220	40
24	Flint, Michigan	$66,640	$48,730	30
25	North and West Central New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$66,090	$18,730	n/a
26	Madison, Wisconsin	$65,750	$37,870	180
27	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$65,570	$42,180	270
28	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$65,030	$38,200	610
29	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$64,930	$37,330	610
30	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$64,820	$27,700	200
31	Richmond, Virginia	$64,260	$37,930	170
32	Rochester, New York	$64,090	$31,740	350
33	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$63,910	$40,190	50
34	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$63,750	$35,820	40
35	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$63,420	$37,460	100
36	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,690	$51,080	1,180
37	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$62,600	$40,620	60
38	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$62,280	$45,690	1,800
39	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$62,230	$43,130	70
40	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$62,130	$37,510	50
41	Greeley, Colorado	$62,110	$50,480	30
42	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$62,070	$35,370	30
43	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$62,070	$41,330	470
44	Corpus Christi, Texas	$61,720	$48,320	30
45	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$61,530	$43,520	50
46	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$61,520	$40,850	1,720
47	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$61,500	$46,710	620
48	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$61,450	$37,870	560
49	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$61,240	$26,300	150
50	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$61,220	$40,010	1,070
51	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$61,170	$27,310	2,480
52	Dayton, Ohio	$60,820	$37,580	230
53	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$60,670	$43,360	30
54	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$60,310	$47,580	540
55	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$60,270	$26,250	60
56	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$60,100	$37,440	80
57	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$60,080	$38,030	60
58	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$60,080	$39,870	1,460
59	New Haven, Connecticut	$60,000	$42,620	90
60	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,940	$35,740	420
61	Waco, Texas	$59,770	$32,020	30
62	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$59,770	$38,220	50
63	Akron, Ohio	$59,750	$38,160	40
64	Columbia, Missouri	$59,120	$27,400	30
65	Salinas, California	$58,970	$36,760	740
66	Bend, Oregon	$58,440	$47,120	60
67	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$58,390	$36,750	n/a
68	Anchorage, Alaska	$58,110	$41,660	30
69	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$58,040	$40,200	90
70	Boulder, Colorado	$57,980	$47,400	50
71	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$57,730	$41,440	30
72	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$57,640	$18,640	2,350
73	Camden, New Jersey	$57,430	$41,530	100
74	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$57,430	$40,680	50
75	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$57,170	$32,920	50
76	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$57,130	$45,730	30
77	Modesto, California	$57,010	$46,650	40
78	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$57,010	$38,380	220
79	El Centro, California	$56,810	$35,060	40
80	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$56,790	$38,210	270
81	St Cloud, Minnesota	$56,770	$47,420	40
82	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$56,510	$46,040	30
83	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$56,230	$39,470	160
84	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$55,950	$38,290	1,200
85	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$55,890	$26,000	2,070
86	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$55,760	$34,320	90
87	Nashua, New Hampshire	$55,730	$41,030	50
88	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$55,650	$37,000	280
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,610	$36,920	1,010
90	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$55,510	$44,740	90
91	Wichita, Kansas	$55,410	$31,710	130
92	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$55,340	$41,480	470
93	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$55,320	$33,950	220
94	Duluth, Wisconsin	$55,220	$46,070	50
95	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$55,190	$32,180	60
96	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$55,190	$40,670	410
97	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$55,000	$33,130	630
98	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$54,970	$51,100	40
99	Staunton-Waynesboro, Virginia	$54,970	$32,350	40
100	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$54,860	$41,970	280

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for interpreters and translators.