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Matt_22 · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 193

are there any jobs in costa rica that pay more than 6-7 dollars/hour? if not, do most of you work ridiculous hours just to get by? i keep reading about jobs that pay 4-5 US/hour, and i couldn't imagine teaching 30 hours/week at that rate.

OleLarssen · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 337

Well, er, I'm not sure if I understand you correctly but yeah, the pay level is relatively low compared to the US, but obviously you'll be paying lower prices for food and rent as well. Does that answer your question? 8 bucks an hour teaching ESL in Costa Rica, well, good luck with that. :)

Matt_22 · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 193

i understand the cost of living is relative to the pay, but do the better schools and universities have wages in the $7-8/hour range, or is everything mostly $5/hour regardless of whether you're teaching at a large uni or small private school?

Babonas · Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2

Try some of the private universities like ULatina and ULacit. I know that Ulatina English Speaking Center pays a lot more than 4-5 an hour

OleLarssen · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 337

8 bucks an hour would translate to... okay, to 4000 colones, I imagined it would be a lot more. Yeah, it's doable. Quite so, in fact, but you'll probably need some prior teaching experience to get it.

John Hall · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:

Last I heard, ULatina was paying 4400 colons per hour.

OleLarssen · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 337

That's what I realized as well, John. :)

Matt_22 · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 193

thanks for the advice guys. i know it sounds petty asking if there are $8/hour jobs available as opposed to $5/hour positions, but a few bucks makes a huge difference considering the fact that i'm only planning on working a max of 16 hours per week. hopefully a school like ULatina would be willing to hire someone to work such hours.

doreenp · Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 147

I believe that most places would start out the new people at these hours.

Lets see, 4 nights a week at 2 hours a night (regular integrated classes), then one saturday class at 5 hours, mmmmmmmmmmm close.

you�ll never know till you try.
cheers
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OleLarssen · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 337

Sounds like he's planning on travelling so Saturday classes might be out of the question. It'll be interesting to see what he makes of it :)

Matt_22 · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 193

are saturday work times the norm?

John Hall · Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:34 pm Post subject:

At language institutes, yes. Teaching company classes, no.

Matt_22 · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 193

what about at places like ULatina?

John Hall · Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:22 pm Post subject:

Probably Saturday morning only, I would imagine.

Matt_22 · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 193

what are class hours usually like during the week? here in korea i often don't start working until 4pm, then typically get off around 9. is costa rica like this, or is it more of a morning-afternoon schedule?