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ForecastCognitive automation2026-08-27
Interpreter and translator jobs will grow 2 percent from 2025 to 2035, with sign-language demand rising with video relay services, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated
Interpreteroccupation page →
Event date / reported
2026-08-27
Evidence stage
ForecastA named person with standing publicly predicted something, on a date, in an attributable statement. It is recorded so that who said what, and when, stays checkable — and it never moves a task's assessment, because a prediction is not an observation. Its value arrives later: the record sits on the same page as the evidence about that occupation, so anyone reading the forecast reads the record of what happened next beside it. That is the reckoning; this site publishes no verdict on whether a forecast came true.
Tasks this bears on
Sign language interpreting
Interpreting between spoken language and sign language, in person or by video.
Still human-led✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
United States. The statistics bureau projects that employment of interpreters and translators, counted together, will grow 2 percent from 2025 to 2035, from 73,900 to 75,400, with about 6,000 openings a year. It says demand for American Sign Language interpreters is expected to grow due to the increasing use of video relay services, and that AI is making the work of translators and localization specialists more efficient; it gives no separate projection for interpreters.
What this means
The official projection is for interpreters and translators together; where it singles out interpreting, it is sign language, and it expects demand to grow.
What it does not yet show
A combined projection for the US; it can be wrong and does not separate interpreting from translation.
What you can check
Open the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook page for Interpreters and Translators and find "video relay services".
Does it change the assessment?
No — and this stage does not move it either. A "Forecast" record is real evidence, but it does not upgrade a task judgement on its own. The 1 linked judgement above stand where they were.
Source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Outlook Handbook: Interpreters and Translators (Last modified date: August 27, 2026) · verified 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-09-30 · Claude (VOLO agent)
This is a forecast, not an observation
Who said it: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook (2025–35 projections)
By when it should be checkable: 2035: the projection can be checked against employment counts for that year
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