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    Countries where speaking another language pays the most. Average salary increase (%) and dollars. [OC]
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    Countries where speaking another language pays the most. Average salary increase (%) and dollars. [OC]


    This visualization is from a recent Preply study that analyzed over 13 million job listings across 18 countries using data from Adzuna. It compares salaries for roles that require another language versus all listings in each country.

    Spain, the USA, and Poland came out on top, with average pay boosts of around 18–19%.

    Source & methodology: https://preply.com/en/blog/bilingual-salary-boost/

    (For transparency, I work at Preply and our team created this visualization. I thought it might be interesting for this sub!)

    Posted by connorfrompreply

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    3. Emily-in-data on

      looks like this chart kinda mashes together very different job markets. the “language pays more” thing is super context-dependent – which language, which industry, and whether it’s customer-facing or high-skill niche work.

    4. ClaptonOnH on

      Spain has a very service oriented economy so it makes sense, second most visited country in the world also

    5. Danimalomorph on

      I’ve never bagged an extra £4.5k for speaking Welsh.

      Edit – incidentally, $6395 is not 11%.

    6. Piepally on

      Another language from what?

      From English or from the local language, or both? 

      And what constitutes speaking another language? Is it a certification or just a checkbox on a survey? How high of a certification? 

      Are the people on this map locals or immigrants?

      This map seems to be mapping cost of living more so than anything else. 

    9. Luck88 on

      I live in Italy, have a C1 in English, a B1 in French and just got an A2 in Spanish (which admittedly is BS, the course was way too easy). I wish these numbers showed in my paycheck…