Jobs in America

Renewable Energy Jobs in America Have High Salaries

The “green” jobs in America are not only multiplying rapidly, but they are also leading to soaring salaries. The online database O*NET listed the 25 fastest-growing jobs in the renewable energy industry and the wage they provide. The number one job is solar photovoltaic installer. This position is forecast to have 104.9 percent job growth …

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British Columbia Brings 33,000 New Jobs to Canada’s Economy

While the United States saw a decrease in the number of jobs created in September 2018, British Columbia saw an increase of 33,000 new positions. Economists predicted the country would add 25,000 positions in September, noted by Thomson Reuters Eikon, but the increase was 63,000. This brought the unemployment rate even lower to 5.9 percent, …

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Minimum Wage for People Working in Alberta Rises to $15 Per Hour

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Alberta has raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour and is the first province in Canada to do so. It rose in stages, beginning in 2015 from $10.20 and fulfilled a long time NDP promise. The increase in pay equals a raise for close to 300,000 workers in Alberta, according to the Public Interest …

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Petroleum Engineering Is America’s Highest-Paying University Major

Over 44 million U.S. residents collectively have an astounding $1.5 trillion in student debt. With the record-breaking, ever-increasing tuition bills and extreme level of debt, the return-on-investment of a degree is most important. Students can make the most out of their investment by deciding on a major that will direct them to a stable and …

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Thousands of US Jobs Created by Immigrant Tech Founders

The United States economy depends on startups for most of America’s net job creation, and immigrants begin many of the new companies. The National Foundation for American Policy released a study recently showing that 50 out of 91 of the country’s $1 billion startup companies had at least one foreign-born founder. An average of over …

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