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[ChadwickKent]

The following chart is the Chinese government recommended pay scale for EFL/ESL teachers.

Realistic salaries
[depending on province and city] for China RMB Month
1st Degree, without bona fide teaching experience:
3,500 to 4,500
1st Degree with ESL, TESOL or other qualifications
4,000 to 5,500
Post Graduate, Masters [Education], MBA etc.
4,500 to 6,500
Experienced, Qualified Teachers of European ethnic origin
4,500 to 7,500
PhD, Experienced IT Post Graduates, etc.
5,500 to 10,000
http://www.china-tesol.com/Salary_Range_for_foreign_teach/salary_range_for_foreign_teach.html

[Wolf]

First degree, partial MA, four years direct experience, and I make less than your lowest figure there.

Just keep an eye out when job hunting, and don't be afriad to negotiate.

[naturegirl321]

Yikes Wolf! Why don't you look for a higher paying job?

[Wolf]

[tarzaninchina]

Yes, tough are the guidelines set down by the SAFEA here in China. Chinese managers/FAO's will say that they Beijing won't let them pay you more than that. They're guidelines, not markers, so that's BS. Do keep in mind that for any reason whatsoever, you're salary can't be lower than 2500RMB per month.

For anything over 16 teaching hours per week, you're bizzarre and hurting others by accepting anything less than 4 grand.

When you have a year or 2 of experience here, you can easily make more than 10 grand at a public foreign language school.