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How much do Interpreters and Translators make in Boise City, ID?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Interpreters and Translators in Boise City, ID is $80,250. The 10th percentile is $51,230 and the 90th percentile is $101,500. Employment is 140.
Median annual wage
$80,250
- 10th percentile
- $51,230
- 25th percentile
- $59,380
- Median
- $80,250
- 75th percentile
- $101,000
- 90th percentile
- $101,500
- Mean
- $79,830
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Interpreters and Translators, the published 10th percentile is $51,230 and the 90th percentile is $101,500. The difference is $50,270, which is 62.6% 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 $59,380 to the 75th at $101,000, covers $41,620.
The mean annual wage is $79,830, which sits below the median of $80,250. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Boise City, ID median is 33.4% higher than the national median of $60,170 for Interpreters and Translators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $81,562, which is 35.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 21.4% higher than the Idaho median of $66,130.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $80,250 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Interpreters and Translators at $81,562 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 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Boise City, ID (140 of 391,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.03% of employment (52,060 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.07 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Boise City, ID · Interpreters and Translators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Interpreters and Translators make in Boise City, ID?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Interpreters and Translators in Boise City, ID is $80,250. The 10th percentile is $51,230 and the 90th percentile is $101,500. Employment is 140.
How does that compare with the national median for Interpreters and Translators?
The local median is 33.4% higher than the national median of $60,170.
What is Interpreters and Translators pay in Boise City, ID after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Boise City, ID is 98.391, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $80,250 is $81,562. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.