Answers: This comes directly from the California Employment Development Department's website- please see link below.
"Salaries for Translators and Interpreters depend on documents, skill, experience, education, and type of employer. Translators who work for the State start at $2,379 a month; the top take-home pay is $2,853 monthly. Individuals
who are classified as language specialists for the federal system begin at the GS-5 horizontal which starts at $19,693 a year and can advance to the GS-10 rank which caps at $42,723 a year. Very few finance to the GS-15 level which starts at $71,521 annually.
Salaries ebb and flow widely in the private sector. Conference, guide, or escort Interpreters, for example, earn as little as $11.00 or as much as $66.00 or more an hour depending on the complexity and industrial nature of the interpreting. Conference interpreting roughly pays more than guide or
escort interpreting. Interpreters of foreign languages and sign poetry Interpreters who free-lance earn between $9.00 and $44.00 an hour. Those who do court interpretations earn from $155.00 to $230.00 for a full day and $82.00 to $140.00 for a partially day. Salaries of free-lance Translators depend
on the number of words or page they need to translate. The U.S. State Department, for example, pays an average of $110.00 for the translation of 1,000 words from a foreign style to English. Earnings are generally lower contained by the private sector. However, the United Nations and other
international agencies pay better rates than the U.S. government. Free-lancers can't expect to work full time."
It is a really rewarding field to step into (I am currently studying ASL at a University). You get to be the voice to those who can not speak nor hear, and you win to ensure that they get the correct information.
Good luck to you, and I hope this information help :-)
Have no clue in California I am contained by Utah but good luck if you choose to do so. I own been taken courses for ASL for the second year and a half. ;-) and it is other nice to see others interested.
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