It may be a 2% premium on average, but in the US, it's probably more like 0% for the vast majority of people, and quite a sizeable increase for a very small number. So the average isn't very meaningful, when it hides such extreme variation.
I know a lot of professional people here in the US who are fluent in two, three, even four languages. Only one of them actually uses a second language as a part of their job. I mean, how many jobs require significant international communication with people who don't speak English? Not many.
(Being from a non-English speaking country, and learning English, is a whole different thing though.)
I know a lot of professional people here in the US who are fluent in two, three, even four languages. Only one of them actually uses a second language as a part of their job. I mean, how many jobs require significant international communication with people who don't speak English? Not many.
(Being from a non-English speaking country, and learning English, is a whole different thing though.)