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Interpreters and Translators · SOC 27-3091

Interpreters and Translators Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$101,530
Median hourly wage$48.81

Interpreters and Translators in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $101,530 per year ($48.81 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $59,110 at the 10th percentile to $107,480 at the 90th. BLS estimates 300 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Interpreters and Translators in the San Jose metro area earn more than $101,530 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $77,540 and $106,350.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$59,110$77,540$101,530$106,350$107,480
Hourly$28.42$37.28$48.81$51.13$51.68

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $101,530
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $70,770
  • United Statesnational
    $60,170

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +43% vs California overall and +69% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$35,990$57,837$79,683$101,530Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,990North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,130Burlington, NC — $38,720Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $39,210Huntsville, AL — $40,490Harrisonburg, VA — $40,580Urban Honolulu, HI — $40,690Birmingham, AL — $41,470Asheville, NC — $41,580Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $41,840Wichita, KS — $42,500Gainesville, GA — $42,660Greensboro-High Point, NC — $43,470El Paso, TX — $43,870Jackson, MS — $43,950Fort Wayne, IN — $44,000Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $44,180Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $44,490Tyler, TX — $44,670Montgomery, AL — $45,670Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $47,070Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,140Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,370Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,400Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $47,530Evansville, IN — $47,690Grand Forks, ND-MN — $47,800Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,820Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $47,940Rockford, IL — $48,140Fargo, ND-MN — $48,190Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $48,360Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $48,490Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $48,820Oklahoma City, OK — $48,930New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $49,270Winston-Salem, NC — $49,350Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $49,420Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $49,470Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,840Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $50,070Topeka, KS — $50,250Champaign-Urbana, IL — $50,270Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $50,370Springfield, IL — $50,390Lubbock, TX — $50,480Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,480Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $51,030Raleigh-Cary, NC — $51,270Reno, NV — $51,730San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $51,820Springfield, MA — $51,910Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $51,990Cedar Rapids, IA — $52,000Kennewick-Richland, WA — $52,000Columbia, SC — $52,200Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $52,640Merced, CA — $52,710Chattanooga, TN-GA — $52,970Greenville, NC — $53,140Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $53,140Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $53,460Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $53,590Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $53,790Omaha, NE-IA — $53,960Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $54,390Roanoke, VA — $54,630Peoria, IL — $54,690Columbus, OH — $55,380Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $55,400Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $55,480Manchester-Nashua, NH — $56,370Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $56,390Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $56,920Anchorage, AK — $56,960St. Louis, MO-IL — $57,480Tallahassee, FL — $57,520Tucson, AZ — $57,920Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $57,940Youngstown-Warren, OH — $58,530Toledo, OH — $59,490Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $59,660Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $60,020Savannah, GA — $60,260Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $60,420Modesto, CA — $60,530Corpus Christi, TX — $60,600Lincoln, NE — $60,820Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,850Jacksonville, FL — $60,930Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $60,960Tulsa, OK — $61,000Spartanburg, SC — $61,040Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $61,100Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $61,120Appleton, WI — $61,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,610St. George, UT — $61,830Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $61,920Reading, PA — $62,590Bend, OR — $62,630Salinas, CA — $62,720Pittsburgh, PA — $62,730Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $62,900Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $63,180Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $63,230La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $63,340Green Bay, WI — $63,520Medford, OR — $63,810Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $63,900Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $64,010Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $64,260Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $64,260New Haven, CT — $64,260York-Hanover, PA — $64,330Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $64,360Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $64,550Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $64,700Knoxville, TN — $64,770Rochester, MN — $64,820Cleveland, OH — $65,410Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $65,770Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $65,800Charlottesville, VA — $65,910Visalia, CA — $66,000Lexington-Fayette, KY — $66,320Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $66,720Eugene-Springfield, OR — $66,940South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $66,980San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $67,200Colorado Springs, CO — $67,560Fresno, CA — $68,050Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $68,980St. Cloud, MN — $69,190Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $69,430Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $69,460Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $69,470Ogden, UT — $70,510Madison, WI — $72,720Worcester, MA — $72,750San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $73,690Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $74,310Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $74,850Boulder, CO — $75,060Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $75,120Albuquerque, NM — $75,230Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $75,920Rochester, NY — $77,770Richmond, VA — $78,030Lancaster, PA — $78,890Boise City, ID — $80,250Akron, OH — $80,640Salem, OR — $80,960Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $82,440Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,200San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $83,680Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $84,960New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $87,590Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $93,960Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $94,510San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $101,530

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The San Jose metro area has the 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 161 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for interpreters and translators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $101,530
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $84,960
  • San Francisco metro area
    $83,680
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $82,440
  • Oxnard metro area
    $75,920
  • Riverside metro area
    $74,310
  • San Diego metro area
    $73,690

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Public Relations Specialists$117,620Coaches and Scouts$57,250Graphic Designers$97,360Technical Writers$140,700Art Directors$170,140Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$54,530

Highest-paying metro areas for interpreters and translatorss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.