{"id":174635,"date":"2023-03-30T08:31:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/?p=174635"},"modified":"2023-03-30T08:31:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T15:31:03","slug":"speak-up-portuguese-is-the-highest-paid-foreign-language-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/?p=174635","title":{"rendered":"Speak Up: Portuguese Is the Highest-Paid Foreign Language in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Language-Training.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-153742\" src=\"http:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Language-Training-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Language learning platform <a href=\"https:\/\/preply.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Preply<\/a> has analyzed more than 1.5 million job ads to discover the highest-paid and most in-demand second languages in Phoenix and the rest of the US right now.<\/p>\n<p>If you speak Portuguese you are in luck because employers in Phoenix are willing to pay a pretty penny for this skill. Portuguese is in fact the highest-paid second language in Phoenix at the moment with our analysis revealing companies offer up to $24K more than what they offer English speakers on average.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portuguese is the highest-paid foreign language in Phoenix with an average annual salary of $70K.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">The most in-demand language in Phoenix apart from English is Spanish with almost 2K job openings that require this language.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Portuguese is the highest-paid foreign language in the US with an average annual salary of $76,862.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Spanish is the most in-demand second language in the US apart from English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Portuguese is the highest-paid foreign language in the Phoenix<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Portuguese is the highest-paid foreign language in Phoenix with an average annual salary of $70K.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">That is over $24K more than the average salary for English speakers in the city, according to our analysis. (Average salary for English speakers in Phoenix is $45,700)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"40%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>The highest-paid foreign languages in Phoenix<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Language<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Average Salary<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Portuguese&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:20649,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;#,##0&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;17&quot;:1}\">Portuguese<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:69979.22}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4847,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:4,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;[$$]#,##0&quot;,&quot;3&quot;:1},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:13228792},&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:2,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">$69,979<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Spanish<\/td>\n<td>$56,429<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>$38,560<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<td>$58,329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Mandarin<\/td>\n<td>$36,229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Spanish is the most in-demand second language in Phoenix<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Spanish is the most sought-after foreign language by companies in Phoenix, with 3 times more open positions than French speakers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"40%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>The most in-demand foreign languages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>in Phoenix<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Language<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Number of open roles<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Spanish<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:1719}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4328,&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:2,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">1,719<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:563}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4328,&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:2,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">563<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Mandarin<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:178}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4328,&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:2,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">178<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:138}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4328,&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:2,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">138<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Japanese&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:20668,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;17&quot;:1}\">Japanese<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:3,&quot;3&quot;:93}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:4328,&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:2,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;}\">93<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Portuguese is the highest-paid foreign language in the US<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Portuguese is the highest-paid foreign language in the US with an average annual salary of $77K.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Portuguese isn\u2019t a widely spoken language in the US though, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2022\/acs\/acs-50.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only 0.2% of the population speaking this foreign language<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">In second place is Bengali ($65K) and in third is Swedish ($63K). Neither language is commonly spoken in the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>The highest-paid foreign languages in the US<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Language<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Average Salary<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Portuguese<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>$76,862<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Bengali<\/td>\n<td>$65,472<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Swedish<\/td>\n<td>$63,180<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Urdu<\/td>\n<td>$62,192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<td>$55,605<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Japanese<\/td>\n<td>$53,348<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Spanish<\/td>\n<td>$50,513<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>$49,759<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Hindi<\/td>\n<td>$49,669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Danish<\/td>\n<td>$48,047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Italian<\/td>\n<td>$47,194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<td>$45,569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<td>$45,260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Spanish-speaking candidates are the most sought-after by companies in the US<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Spanish, which is the most frequently spoken language other than English in the country, is also the most in-demand second language in the US.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">In fact, there are more job ads for Spanish speakers (179K) than for all other languages combined (102K) in the top 10 in the country.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">French and German are in second and third place respectively. Mandarin, with at least 3 million speakers in US, ranked in 4th place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>The most in-demand foreign languages<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by US employers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Rank<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Language<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Number of open roles<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Spanish<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>179,162<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>French<\/td>\n<td>26,004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>German<\/td>\n<td>22,722<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Mandarin<\/td>\n<td>16,337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Swedish<\/td>\n<td>10,489<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Arabic<\/td>\n<td>5,762<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Portuguese<\/td>\n<td>5,263<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Russian<\/td>\n<td>5,132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Japanese<\/td>\n<td>5,077<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Italian<\/td>\n<td>4,873<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Methodology:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Data was sourced from the online job search engine Adzuna from which we analyzed job ads that demanded a second language.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Starting with a seed list of over 100 cities in 16 different countries worldwide, we searched for job ads mentioning different languages (e.g. the words &#8216;German&#8217; or &#8216;French&#8217;) within the job title or job description, for each location.<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Our study was calculated in GPB and then converted into US Dollars on 6\/03\/2023 with Google Currency Converter (1 Pound sterling = 1.20 US).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Language learning platform Preply has analyzed more than 1.5 million job ads to discover the highest-paid and most in-demand second languages in Phoenix and the rest of the US right now. 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