Sign Language Interpreter
Interprets in real time across medical, legal and educational settings. Certification and stamina both required.
- Pay band (est.)
- $59k–$100k
- Time to competence
- 5 years
- Licence
- Required
- Setting
- mixed
- Leverage
- low
- Place constraint
- low
- Physical demand
- 35/100
- Hours burden
- 52/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play39th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge61th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage14th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand31th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay29th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body64th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy46th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit14th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility83th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill63th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance71th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Repetitive strain in hands and shoulders; freelance income gaps.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is low. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 52/100 and people intensity 88/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Interpreters and Translators (27-3091): median $59,440, 90th percentile $99,830. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, +2.0%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.