Average Interpreters And Translators Salary in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Interpreters And Translators in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earn a median annual salary of $83,200, which is +38.3% compared to the national median. There are 370 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (metro area).

$83,200

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median annual wage

$40/hour median

+38.3%

Difference vs national median

National median is $60,170

370

Local employment

0.3 jobs per 1,000 workers

0.81

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $54,240
25th: $65,200
Median: $83,200
75th: $102,750
90th: $120,800

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

104.5%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$79,627

Goods: 102.4%
Services: 110.2%
Rents: 118.2%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$101,530	Compare	300
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$94,510	Compare	1,630
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$93,960	Compare	60
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$87,590	Compare	2,520
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$84,960	Compare	30
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$83,680	Compare	760

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Radiologists	$581,510	N/A
Anesthesiologists	$418,010	N/A
Surgeons, All Other	$391,540	1.02
Orthodontists	$361,040	N/A
Emergency Medicine Physicians	$344,170	0.84
Cardiologists	$337,230	N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$322,890	3.58
Psychiatrists	$318,110	0.98

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD has salary data for 660 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Interpreters And Translators in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Interpreters And Translators are projected to change by +1.7% from 2024 to 2034, with 6,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.