Language Credentials & Careers

Pay Differentials

Language pay differentials exist in a variety of careers, but usually require testing and or credentials. A language pay differential may be called "bilingual pay" or "foreign language proficiency pay" and serves as compensation for a bilingual employee that has been certified as fluent in a language that is useful in their workplace.

For example, some US federal agencies, especially in the homeland security, law enforcement, defense and intelligence fields, offer enhanced foreign language pay to employees. Employees are eligible for foreign language pay if certified as fluent in certain languages and are in positions where foreign language proficiency is considered an important skill. The Defense Department’s “foreign language proficiency pay” program pays up to $500 per pay period for eligible DoD civilian employees performing intelligence duties and up to 5 percent of salary for civilians assigned to non-intelligence duties requiring language proficiency.

Language pay differentials are also common in the medical and business fields and salaries are generally 5-20% higher for bilinguals with language credentials.

THE GLOBAL SEAL OF BILITERACY & ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (ISBE) ANNOUNCE:

New Teacher Certification Opportunities

Section 25.720.b.4

ISBE 23 ILLINOIS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 25 25.720 SUBTITLE A SUBCHAPTER B

An individual who has obtained Working Fluency or higher on the Global Seal of Biliteracy shall be exempt from the language proficiency test required for a bilingual education or world language endorsement in the same language.

 
 
 
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