You would need it to go to law school, become a court reporter, judge, etc… or if you’re a priest or pope in a church to learn classical “Roman” texts, in Latin, of course. By “Roman”, I meant this word is retained in the denomination “Roman Catholic”.
Learning Latin does not make learning German or French easier: German is not related to Latin at all. Even though, French is related to Latin, the French language has changed so much that it doesn’t seem to be related to Latin when spoken.

You don’t learn latin because it’s strictly useful. You learn it because it’s interesting.
And it really does help you understand many european languages.

It’s not dead, it’s how Catholic clergy communicate around the world.

whatever just learn it if you have time and if you’re interested. it’s like a hobby. maybe it isn’t super practical. if you find so many disadvantages, practical languages are available. chinese would be a good “living” language to pick up…or arabic. or malay. or hindi.
yeah true that it’s the basis of romantic/european languages but when you learn the latin based european languages (let’s say you want to learn 4 or 5 at one time) you still have to memorize a bunch of annoying rules for speaking/pronunciation. so yeah it’s “easier” but there is more to find under the surface of what people logically conclude.

to keep it alive!

If you want to become a doctor or a lawyer, it is absolutely necessary to learn Latin, since a lot of their everyday terminology is purely Latin. It also comes in handy if you are a Catholic priest who gives masses entirely in Latin. That’s about the last place today you will find Latin spoken fluently.

its the root of many words

I am learning Latin. It will be useful later in learning other languages. Even if you aren’t fluent, it can help you out. It is the root language of many of the languages we speak today and is on my C.V.

i studied latin many years ago and i am so glad that i did. one can much more easily figure out the meaning of a word that is latin based. also one can learn other latin based languages much easier. it helps with anatomy and medical terms and a lot of uses that you will discover as time goes by!

When you learn Latin, you don’t only learn the language, you learn the Roman culture too! If you can translate texts, read the texts in their original language.
When you’ve studied it, you can become for example a Latin teacher in secondary school (I don’t know if you can learn Latin in secondary schools in the usa, but in most European countries you can). Or a researcher. Lots of things.
On a cv it isn’t that convincing, but it has got a vast cultural value.

To be honest you have answered your own question. It is the root of alot of modern European languages and therefore would make any future study of them ‘easier’. It would also show an interest in the grammatical and syntaxical structure of language showing an analytical and versatile mind. Therefore having ‘Latin’ on a CV shows much more than a ‘dead language’.

About a quarter of the world’s literature is written in Latin.