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Hi everybody, welcome back. I'm so sorry I've not had a video for
a while but I just recently got a new job. So now
it's a 40 hour a week job for me. So it's a lot more work than before.
So sorry about that if the videos are a little bit spaced out now.
But anyways today I wanted to talk about
interpreter's salary. So a few people have
requested and asked if it's possible to live financially independent
on an interperter's salary or you know just
uh interpreter's money in general. So let me explain, I mean
really it depends! You know
being an interpreter it's gonna depend on supply
and demand. So supply and demand.
So if you happen to live in an area where there's
a lot of deaf people, so there's a lot of request for interpreters
then you're gonna have plenty of work. If you live in an area where
there's only a few deaf people and there's not as many requests
then you're gonna have less work. So it's pretty much
that simple. Also, the
type of work that you do is gonna affect your salary as well.
Now sometimes freelance work, it might be a
little bit less than say VRS. You know K-12
typically has a lower pay scale. Umm
college, you know secondary is pretty comparable to freelance, but again
it's really gonna depend. It depends on your skill, it depends on how many
years of experience you have. So that's gonna change a lot. You know if you just recently
graduated and say you have an okay skill level. You know you
are not amazing or something or you don't have any experience
then your pay rate, your per hour,
or per assignment is gonna be less. You know as you get more experience
your skill increases, maybe you become certified. Alll of those factors
are gonna increase your pay possibly. You know so,
again really it just depends. You know if you really want to
have interpreting be your career the best thing to do is be flexible. You know
just try and do as much freelance as you can. Maybe do some VRS
on the side, you know some college. If you can get hired full time
like a staff position that's really good stability than just freelance.
Which is depending so I mean
I know a lot of interpreters in my area that their career is interpreting.
You know I support my household, you know myself, my wife,
and my cats through interpreting. But again its just really gonna depend.
You know typically you're not gonna become rich. You're not
gonna make a ton of money. Maybe I guess if you live in like DC
I know the government pays really well there. But understand also,
there's a high cost of living in that area as well. So really
it just depends on your motivation. You know if you really love interpreting
and that's what you want to do for your life, then go ahead and do it. Just make sure
you're smart about it. Know where the demand is and then you'll
find plenty of work. So I'm sorry I can't provide you
know specific numbers. But it's really gonna vary. You know even my own
pay per agency, per kind of job varies as well.
So it's not all the same. Ok so if you guys want
to become an interpreter good luck! Hopefully I'll see you around!
Alright I hope you guys have enjoyed this video and it's been kind of helpful
for you to get a better idea and yeah.
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