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[dodgee]

One thing that the OP should keep in mind is that Nagoya has no rental subsidies period and the accomodation prices there are almost at Tokyo levels. At one stage Nagoya BOE Jets were getting 4.5 man more in salary a month but I believe this is no longer the case. Could be wrong though as I have no JET contacts there now.

Also a lot of JETS here are not so aware of what Eikaiwa Teachers can earn. In my town in the highest paid foreigner worked for GEOS and got lots of overtime pay(at a lucrative rate) he also had more time to access the (lucrative) private housewife market as he was free most week mornings as he started at 1 pm. Most months he cleared 65 man. Of course another advantage with the Eikaiwa workers is that they have a great deal more freedom when they can take their holidays and thus get cheaper flights. It used to annoy me a little that when I went home in Summer for example my ticket home would have cost 40% more than his ticket because he was holidaying in non-peak travel season.

[Lyrajean]

[markle]

[Glenski]

I don't know about greater freedom to take vacations in eikaiwa. They are a business. In your first 6 months, technically you don't get paid time off. It's only after that the employer is legally obligated to give you any. Most people I know had their vacations at those same peak periods: Obon, Golden Week, and between Christmans and New Year's.

I agree with markle about the 65-man figure (650,000 yen/month). Newbies don't usually make more than minimum standard salaries, I believe, simply because they don't know their way around the system.

Also, the word "can" is indeed important. Many eikaiwa teachers are here to party, not make money to sock away in a bank, so they spend it as fast as they make it, and they really don't have much of a sense of responsibility to the employer. I'm not saying most, but many are like that. So, you can make a lot if you are willing to work overtime and take on extra teaching, but who is to say who would like to do that sort of thing right after they start teaching EFL, something that is usually a totally new experience and in a foreign land where the call of sightseeing and other things often draws people more than money?

[Dipso]

[flyer]