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By Kumar Balani (Second of Two Parts) NEW YORK, NY – You will have noticed in the first part of our article last Sunday, October 21 that two of the top 10 highest-paying and fast-growing professional fields here in the United States are healthcare and computer software. 5 US High-Paying Healthcare Jobs in High Demand We indicated, according to the US Bureau of Labor of Labor Statistics (BLS) that the number of people in five types of healthcare professions (half of the top 10 highest-paying ones in order of pay scale) – physician assistant, nurse practitioner, health specialties teacher, physical therapist, and occupational therapist – were to grow in number from 865,400 in 2016 to 1,119,800 in 2026, an increase of 254,400 or over 29 percent. Part of the reason for higher demand is a growing aging population, while insufficient supply is attributed to the increasing need for multidisciplinary and higher-level skills, as well as specialized experience. 5 US High-paying Computer Software Jobs in High Demand The other five highest-paying jobs are in computer software, with rapid growth as well. From 1,085,660 people working in 2016, they will number 1,414,200 in 2026, an astounding rise of 328,540 or over 30 percent, the BLS projects. If you want to get any of these high-paying, rapid-growth jobs, you should obtain education, training, and experience in the Philippines and in the United...

By Kumar Balani (First of Two Parts) NEW YORK, NY – While numerous industry associations periodically put out data on what types of jobs grew the most in their sectors and how much their average pay is, the United States government itself provides highly useful information on jobs and job growth that is not only broader – like a bird’s eye view – but also deeper, with much more detail. Visitors and landed immigrants from various regions and countries around the world come here daily into the United States, the so-called ‘land of opportunity’ to seek a better life for themselves and their families, by competing for jobs or opening businesses of their own. Fast-Growth Jobs If You’re Qualified As we indicated here in our Oct 14, 2018 column, of the 3.251 million granted US permanent residence (green cards) in the years 2014, 2015, and 2016, the two largest sources were the Americas and Asia, accounting for 80 percent of all lawful immigrants from around the globe. From the Americas there were 1.342 million people, or 41 percent of the total, and from Asia there were 1.273 million people or 39 percent of the total. But the backgrounds and qualifications of people from different countries in these two regions vary greatly. For example, it is likely that most of the 463,060 Mexicans granted green cards (about 35 percent of...