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COURT TRANSLATOR PAY – OPTIONS TO CONSIDER <br /> <br />STIPEND or PREMIUM PAY <br />The District Court is proposing three levels of Court Translator pay based on level of qualification. <br />I. Qualified by the Judge - $150/month ($.865/hour) <br />II. Registered with a State Agency (i.e., DSHS Social Service Interpreter) - $250/month ($1.442/hour) <br />III. State Certified Interpreter - $350/month ($2.019/hour) <br />According to a 2017 survey conducted by the Court Interpreter Program, the average hourly rate for each of <br />these categories is: <br />I. $46 (*173.333=$7973/mo.) <br />II. $50 ($8667/mo.) <br />III. $54 ($9360/mo.) <br />Hours were tracked by one Court staff member for the months of May and June (2017), and reported as: <br /> May 2017 – 4.33 hours (260 minutes) – approximately 3% of full time <br /> June 2017 – 4.17 hours (250 minutes) – approximately 2% of full time <br />There are different ways to calculate additional pay via stipend or premium pay. <br />1) Monthly Stipend – as proposed by the Court, employees may qualify for a monthly stipend. Per the <br />proposal above, an employee qualified by the Judge to provide translator services would receive <br />$150/month. For illustrative purposes, based on the hours spent providing translator services for <br />the months of May and June, this would equate to $34.64/hour and $35.97/hour, respectively. For <br />an employee registered with a State Agency (such as DSHS), this would equate to $57.74 and $59.95 <br />per hour, respectively. This is in addition to their regular rate of pay. (Payroll would prefer that the <br />monthly amount be converted to an hourly rate of pay for administrative purposes). <br />2) Hourly Premium Pay - $150 converted to an hourly rate is $.865; $250 = $1.442, and $350 = $2.019. <br />Other contracts with premium pay range from $1.00 - $3.00 per hour. When the employee is <br />performing the added duty (such as a Field Training Officer), they receive the premium pay. A <br />similar hourly rate structure could be established for performing translator services. The hourly rate <br />for an LPA III ranges from $17.83 - $20.34. <br />PRO’S TO A STIPEND: <br /> Keeps the extra pay separate from the regular LPA III wage scale for tracking/reporting/budgeting <br />purposes. <br /> A stipend can be added or removed without disruption to employee status or base compensation.