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reveal general trends in the
industry, not exact amounts.
The full report is available
to ATA members for free by
logging into the Member
Center area of ATA's website
(https://bit.ly/ATAcompensation).
Ted
Wozniak
is a full-time
ATA-certified
German>
English
translator specializing in
finance and accounting.
He has bachelor's degrees
in German (University
of Texas at Austin) and
accounting/economics
(University of Miami). He
is also a graduate of the
German Basic Course at
the Defense Language
Institute. His career path
has included stints as an
accountant, stockbroker,
and U.S. Army translator,
interpreter, and " liaison
officer. " He was also an
interrogation and language
instructor at the U.S. Army
Intelligence Center and
School. He has served ATA
as president (2019-2021),
treasurer (2013-2017),
director (2010-2013),
and chair of the Ethics
Committee (2016-2017),
and as current chair of the
Nominating and Leadership
Development Committee.
He is president of Payment
Practices, Inc., an online
database of translation
company payment practices,
and owner/moderator of
Finanztrans, a mailing list for
German financial translators.
ted@tedwozniak.net
Figure 3: Gross Income from Language Services
(Single and Dual Role Respondents Only)
Gross Income from Language Services
25th
50th
Median
All respondents
Language services company owner,
president, or executive
Self-employed/freelance
interpreter
Self-employed/freelance translator
Self-employed/freelance translator;
Language services company owner,
president, or executive
Self-employed/freelance
translator; Self-employed/freelance
interpreter
Self-employed/freelance
translator; Self-employed/freelance
interpreter; Language services
company owner, president,
or executive
Self-employed/freelance
translator; Self-employed/freelance
interpreter; Staff interpreter
Self-employed/freelance
translator; Self-employed/freelance
interpreter; Staff translator;
Staff interpreter
Self-employed/freelance translator;
Staff translator
Staff interpreter
Staff translator
Staff translator; Staff interpreter
About this Survey
Care has been taken to meet applicable legal guidelines for survey data, and therefore the
survey has been managed by Dynamic Benchmarking, LLC. as an independent entity on
behalf of ATA. All income or pay rate data upon which the survey is developed is more than
three months old, and the reported information has been aggregated so that no individual
participant can be identified. Strict confidence of survey responses was maintained throughout
the course of the project. ATA makes no recommendations, suggestions, or exhortations
regarding the conduct of its members or others in areas or activities addressed by this survey.
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$42,471
$56,000
$77,524
$45,000
$48,000
$38,925
$48,827
$71,154
$60,674
$47,189
$24,000
$33,250
$46,350
$38,500
$38,640
$42,471
$56,000
$77,524
$45,000
$48,000
$45,000
$67,530
$86,716
$94,091
$50,520
$20,000
$35,200
$14,000
$20,000
$32,000
$50,000
$46,688
$39,250
$50,000
$56,278
$43,612
$55,853
$20,229
$43,612
$76,125
$44,000
$107,112
$61,000
$40,000
$15,700
Mean
$53,572
$126,229
$58,496
$48,305
$27,428
Percentile
$20,000
$58,506
$25,750
$18,935
$11,807
Percentile
$44,000
$107,112
$61,000
$40,000
$15,700
75th
Percentile
$75,000
$200,000
$92,250
$67,100
$55,000
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