Interpreters and Translators Salary — Salem, Oregon

The average Interpreters and Translators in Salem, Oregon earns $78,880 a year.

$78,880 / year, mean
↑ 16.3% above national average 100th percentile in Oregon

Salem sits at the very top of the range for this role in Oregon — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's a solid premium over the national average for interpreters and translators. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Oregon

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
100
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.2%
Cost of living 104 #29 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2419 #180 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $454,689 #32 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $76,010 #65 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Salem ranks #29 for cost of living and #32 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $93,650 Santa Maria $92,880 New York $91,110 San Francisco $90,940 Baltimore $85,220 Santa Rosa $82,600 Oxnard $81,410 Rochester $80,550 San Diego $79,960 Riverside $79,240 Salem $78,880 Los Angeles $78,410 Charlottesville $76,830 Salinas $75,080 Albany $73,300 Richmond $72,950 Bakersfield $72,910 Seattle $72,800 Austin $72,500 Sacramento $71,650 Visalia $70,870 Fresno $70,790 Lancaster $70,670 Atlantic City $70,560 Modesto $70,470 York $70,280 Eugene $69,650 Reading $68,850 Lexington $68,260 South Bend $68,230 Miami $67,970 Medford $67,520 Jacksonville $67,430 Philadelphia $66,770 Merced $65,990 Pittsburgh $65,000 Orlando $64,370 Allentown $64,360 Portland $64,310 Roanoke $64,070 Fort Myers $63,490 Bend $63,110 Tallahassee $62,570 Springfield $61,740 Stockton $61,550 Chicago $61,310 Pensacola $61,210 Dallas $60,820 Lubbock $58,820 Kennewick $58,720 San Antonio $58,500 Tampa $58,420 Indianapolis $57,180 Corpus Christi $57,010 Harrisburg $56,430 El Paso $55,020 Louisville $54,970 Buffalo $54,910 Champaign $54,670 Kalamazoo $53,980 Spokane $53,520 Grand Rapids $53,190 Deltona $53,020 Peoria $52,320 Evansville $52,270 Harrisonburg $51,600 Houston $51,170 Fort Wayne $49,970 Sarasota $48,810 Detroit $47,630 Crestview $47,230 Elkhart $47,130 Rockford $46,960 Tyler $44,890
CityMean salaryvs. Salem
Albany, New York$73,300-7.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$64,360-18.4%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$70,560-10.5%
Austin, Texas$72,500-8.1%
Bakersfield, California$72,910-7.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$85,220+8.0%
Bend, Oregon$63,110-20.0%
Buffalo, New York$54,910-30.4%
Fort Myers, Florida$63,490-19.5%
Champaign, Illinois$54,670-30.7%
Charlottesville, Virginia$76,830-2.6%
Chicago, Illinois$61,310-22.3%
Corpus Christi, Texas$57,010-27.7%
Crestview, Florida$47,230-40.1%
Dallas, Texas$60,820-22.9%
Deltona, Florida$53,020-32.8%
Detroit, Michigan$47,630-39.6%
Elkhart, Indiana$47,130-40.3%
El Paso, Texas$55,020-30.2%
Eugene, Oregon$69,650-11.7%
Evansville, Indiana$52,270-33.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$49,970-36.7%
Fresno, California$70,790-10.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$53,190-32.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$56,430-28.5%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$51,600-34.6%
Houston, Texas$51,170-35.1%
Indianapolis, Indiana$57,180-27.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$67,430-14.5%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$53,980-31.6%
Kennewick, Washington$58,720-25.6%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$70,670-10.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$68,260-13.5%
Los Angeles, California$78,410-0.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$54,970-30.3%
Lubbock, Texas$58,820-25.4%
Medford, Oregon$67,520-14.4%
Merced, California$65,990-16.3%
Miami, Florida$67,970-13.8%
Modesto, California$70,470-10.7%
New York, New York$91,110+15.5%
Sarasota, Florida$48,810-38.1%
Orlando, Florida$64,370-18.4%
Oxnard, California$81,410+3.2%
Pensacola, Florida$61,210-22.4%
Peoria, Illinois$52,320-33.7%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$66,770-15.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$65,000-17.6%
Portland, Oregon$64,310-18.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$68,850-12.7%
Richmond, Virginia$72,950-7.5%
Riverside, California$79,240+0.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$64,070-18.8%
Rochester, New York$80,550+2.1%
Rockford, Illinois$46,960-40.5%
Sacramento, California$71,650-9.2%
Salinas, California$75,080-4.8%
San Antonio, Texas$58,500-25.8%
San Diego, California$79,960+1.4%
San Francisco, California$90,940+15.3%
San Jose, California$93,650+18.7%
Santa Maria, California$92,880+17.7%
Santa Rosa, California$82,600+4.7%
Seattle, Washington$72,800-7.7%
South Bend, Indiana$68,230-13.5%
Spokane, Washington$53,520-32.2%
Springfield, Illinois$61,740-21.7%
Stockton, California$61,550-22.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$62,570-20.7%
Tampa, Florida$58,420-25.9%
Tyler, Texas$44,890-43.1%
Visalia, California$70,870-10.2%
York, Pennsylvania$70,280-10.9%
Gross salary
78,880/yr
Estimated take-home
58,721/yr
Est. total withheld
25.6%

Single filer, federal + Oregon state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for Salem

These notes add local color around Salem, Oregon: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

Anecdotal public-discussion signals, not official salary data, rent data or financial advice. Read this alongside the official figures on the page.

Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 27-3091 SOC code
Official area Salem, OR BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: or_dor_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Oregon

Population (metro area)
435,085