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How much do Interpreters and Translators make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Interpreters and Translators in Albuquerque, NM is $75,230. The 10th percentile is $54,370 and the 90th percentile is $101,270. Employment is 210.

Median annual wage

$75,230

10th percentile
$54,370
25th percentile
$57,600
Median
$75,230
75th percentile
$99,070
90th percentile
$101,270
Mean
$77,260

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Interpreters and Translators, the published 10th percentile is $54,370 and the 90th percentile is $101,270. The difference is $46,900, which is 62.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $57,600 to the 75th at $99,070, covers $41,470.

The mean annual wage is $77,260, which sits above the median of $75,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Albuquerque, NM median is 25% higher than the national median of $60,170 for Interpreters and Translators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $78,737, which is 30.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 18.4% higher than the New Mexico median of $63,550.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $75,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Interpreters and Translators at $78,737 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Interpreters and Translators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Interpreters and Translators accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (210 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (52,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.55 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Interpreters and Translators make in Albuquerque, NM?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Interpreters and Translators in Albuquerque, NM is $75,230. The 10th percentile is $54,370 and the 90th percentile is $101,270. Employment is 210.

How does that compare with the national median for Interpreters and Translators?

The local median is 25% higher than the national median of $60,170.

What is Interpreters and Translators pay in Albuquerque, NM after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $75,230 is $78,737. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.