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[kzjohn]

[mitsui]

There is no need to be condescending.

[mitsui]

Anyway private universities can pay from 25,000 to 40,000 per class per month, from what I have seen.
Some places cut classes instead of give more, since they want to save money.

[kzjohn]

[kzjohn]

[mitsui]

Yes, well this is the problem.
Fewer jobs, less turnover and some places cutting pay.
It used to be that there was turnover in the summer but it seems to be less.
The decline in students who study at universities is having an impact.

I think there is enough work, but it goes to the most experienced teachers, and there is competition. So schools can be picky.

Anyway I know a teacher with 17 koma but his schedule is really tough.
I think the long commutes is the hardest part of his week.

A couple years ago I was at Tokyo Women's University for an interview. Pay had been cut but still there was a pile resumes for them to peruse.

[currentaffairs]

Private universities do pay every month whether you are a full-timer or part-timer. Yes, they pay less per class compared to public universities but as noted public universities only pay during the semester. When you average it out private universities pay a little bit more, overall.

The one advantage that public universities have is that usually there is no cap on your teaching load. One term I taught six classes every Monday. Some private universities only give you two classes per day. My public university would frequently give me four classes most days.

[mitsui]

Not so in my case. More like the opposite. And my hours were cut at a public school. Private universities have more money.

[Inflames]

How old is the OP?
What other job experience does the OP have?
What does the OP want to do in life?

If the OP is young (mid-20s) I would say to actually go to grad school here study Japanese, and network so the OP can get a job outside of teaching, but that depends on the answers to the above questions.

[taikibansei]

[mitsui]

That seems a little optimistic. Some jobs pay as low as 4 million and I have seen even less, like out in Ehime or Okayama.
Teachers that get over 5 million tend to have published at least a few research articles, or more.
Between 4 to 5 million seems realistic.

[taikibansei]

I've provided a link to the average salaries for this class of employee multiple times. The pay for somebody in their thirties (my guess as to the age of the OP) would be between $50,000-$60,000 US yearly.

[kzjohn]

Just expired, but this is the idea:
http://www.jacet.org/wp-content/uploads/Kwansei_Gakuin_University_E_161222.pdf

[firststep]

Thanks everyone for your responses.
Actually I'm just 22. The only other experience apart from doing tutoring in my home country is that I did work part time at a top private Japanese uni in Tokyo as an assistant language teacher (got the job because I am a friend of the head teacher). Only did that for 6 months and it was just 1 class but at least it's something, plus I'm sure she would give me a good reference.

I would really like to try and score myself a full time uni job even if it's non-tenured (don't plan to live in Japan forever anyway) so I'm glad to hear people think I could get something around the 50k a year mark with a university there. That would really be ideal. Thank you very much for all the links to job sites as well. I think I will start applying for jobs from overseas plus maybe JET Programme and see what comes my way.

I haven't completely ruled out the possibility of working in a non teaching job since my Japanese is pretty good and probably have my N1 by the end of this year. Here probably isn't the best place to ask about that though.