Also called: Contract Linguist
Translates and analyzes foreign-language material for national security investigations.
Reviews recorded calls in Russian for a counterintelligence case, translates documents, and testifies about translations in court.
Federal pay estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's plus tested professional fluency and security clearance.
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Foreign Languages, International Relations.
Growing about average (about 2% over 10 years). Estimate.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Machine translation triages recordings; cleared humans verify meaning and testify, but fewer are needed.
Classes: A critical language, AP Government, AP English Language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-3091.
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