How much money can a Russian translator make/should I learn Russian?

I speak SerboCroatian so learning Russian would be easy. I already understand a lot of it.

I live in Boston,MA. Now I make $16 an hour sterilizing surgical instruments.How much money can a Russian translator make/should I learn Russian?
problem is there is not that much work available...



i am translating to/from russian/polish/german/english at level 4, including medical and legal, it is true that when job is available you are paid up to $400.00 an hour, but problem is that they are not that available...



document translation is about $15.00 (private letter) up to $170.00 (complicated legal/medical with latin intrusions, depends on your level of security as well) per page, again, not that many available...



then contracts, where you translate on site, per annum is anything from $75,000.00 up to $230,000.00 depending on your level of security.



.How much money can a Russian translator make/should I learn Russian?
Depends. I've known legal translators to earn $100 an hour. It really depends on what kind of work you do as a freelancer you might get a set amount for translating a document, adding subtitles to films etc it depends on the work you do. If you want, you should find an agency where they employ people for that sort of work and ask them what people are usually paid as it really depends a. on the language b. what work is involved and c. who your employer is.