As of June 2026, Interpreters and Translators has an AI-exposure score of 66/100 (High exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
Interpreters and Translators
More exposed than 83% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$60,170. About 6,900 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
- Compile terminology and information to be used in translations, including technical terms such as those for legal or medical material.
- Compile information on content and context of information to be translated and on intended audience.
- Proofread, edit, and revise translated materials.
- Follow ethical codes that protect the confidentiality of information.
- Check translations of technical terms and terminology to ensure that they are accurate and remain consistent throughout translation revisions.
- Check original texts or confer with authors to ensure that translations retain the content, meaning, and feeling of the original material.
- Translate messages simultaneously or consecutively into specified languages, orally or by using hand signs, maintaining message content, context, and style as much as possible.
- Listen to speakers' statements to determine meanings and to prepare translations, using electronic listening systems as necessary.
- Travel with or guide tourists who speak another language.
- Read written materials, such as legal documents, scientific works, or news reports, and rewrite material into specified languages.
- Adapt software and accompanying technical documents to another language and culture.
- Discuss translation requirements with clients and determine any fees to be charged for services provided.
- Refer to reference materials, such as dictionaries, lexicons, encyclopedias, and computerized terminology banks, as needed to ensure translation accuracy.
- Adapt translations to students' cognitive and grade levels, collaborating with educational team members as necessary.
- Identify and resolve conflicts related to the meanings of words, concepts, practices, or behaviors.
- Train and supervise other translators or interpreters.
- Educate students, parents, staff, and teachers about the roles and functions of educational interpreters.
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (65%).
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