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Sign Language Interpreter Salary
in Portland, Oregon
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$72,782 (USD)
Average Salary
$35/hr
Average Hourly
$1,543
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Sign Language Interpreter is $72,782 a year and $35 an hour in Portland, Oregon, United States. The average salary range for a Sign Language Interpreter is between $52,621 and $87,265. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Sign Language Interpreter. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Portland, Oregon.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
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5 Year Change:
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About Portland, Oregon
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Portland ( PORT-lənd) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. As of 2020, Portland's population was 652,503, making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA metropolitan statistical...
Job Summary
Description:
- Interprets and facilitates communication between those who use visual language, such as sign language, and those who do not use or understand visual language.
- Converts manual communication, such as sign language, to verbal or written language for hearing individuals or others who do not use sign language.
- Translates spoken material into sign language to communicate with those who are hard-of-hearing.
- Aids hard-of-hearing individuals in understanding what is being said in various situations, such as conferences, business meetings, legal proceedings, healthcare appointments, government agencies, or video relay.
- Recites sign language translations for hearing individuals and practices confidential, accurate, impartial, inclusive, accessible, and dependable interpretation to perform translation assignments.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Sign Language Interpreter is $72,782 a year and $35 an hour in Portland, Oregon, United States. The average salary range for a Sign Language Interpreter is between $52,621 and $87,265. On average, a High School Degree is the highest level of education for a Sign Language Interpreter. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Portland, Oregon.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Sign Language Interpreter Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Interpreters and Translators
Job family population: 52,160
Estimated population of Sign Language Interpreter jobs: 17,479
Rate of error: 3.1%
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About Portland, Oregon
Portland Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Portland ( PORT-lənd) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county. As of 2020, Portland's population was 652,503, making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States, the sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, after Seattle. Approximately 2.5 million people live in the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA metropolitan statistical...
Job Summary
Description:
- Interprets and facilitates communication between those who use visual language, such as sign language, and those who do not use or understand visual language.
- Converts manual communication, such as sign language, to verbal or written language for hearing individuals or others who do not use sign language.
- Translates spoken material into sign language to communicate with those who are hard-of-hearing.
- Aids hard-of-hearing individuals in understanding what is being said in various situations, such as conferences, business meetings, legal proceedings, healthcare appointments, government agencies, or video relay.
- Recites sign language translations for hearing individuals and practices confidential, accurate, impartial, inclusive, accessible, and dependable interpretation to perform translation assignments.
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