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scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

A poster claims that there are lots of teaching jobs in KSA paying $10,000 (= SR37.500) a month, plus other benefits (eg housing, tickets, medical, education)

Agreed ?

Dejvice · Joined: 22 May 2013 Posts: 30

To be fair he said '8,000-10,000 USD a month and other benefits'.....so maybe you could modify your poll.

johnslat · Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:11 pm Post subject:

Dear scot47,

Please be sure to post copies of that flood of e-mails of those contracts. Inquiring minds want to know. Very Happy

Regards,
John

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

We had one poster here who got an offer of direct hire from ARAMCO at the top of that scale plus housing on THE compound. (with an MA plus extensive related experience) I've seen ads for contractor hire there that said US$7K per month, but you had to pay for your own housing out of that.

The ARAMCO compound International School pays at the top of this scale - and rumored even more.

So that suggests that we have a few highly qualified teachers getting this sort of money. Perhaps some of the military contracts?

VS

bertonneau · Joined: 26 May 2009 Posts: 79 Location: Colorado USA

Anyone putting yes of this poll that is actually earning 10,000 plus benefits please state specifically where you are getting that kind of salary. Not, I heard from a friend of a brother etc. but you are actually making that. I just came from there and the best I had heard of was some Aramco contractors, but that was do it all yourselves so cash outright and no benefits. I'd like to hear where it is happening as an ESL teacher.

lcanupp1964 · Joined: 12 Dec 2009 Posts: 381

Maybe most ESL teachers are not making that kind of money, but there are English teachers working for universities in KSA that are close to the numbers stated. Native-speakers of English working as official members of faculty (teaching, for example, "Intro to English Lit") for the university that are not assigned any prep-year classes.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

sicklyman · Joined: 02 Feb 2013 Posts: 930

I'm not going to go public on my salary as a contracted teacher to Aramco. What I will say is that on arrival my salary was just under 3 times more than a contact of mine who has worked at KFUPM for over 5 years with similar qualifications.

Oh and we get reasonable annual payrises while they don't...

Nuffsed.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I think it would have been more useful to set the poll with salary ranges. Or to estimate the percentage of TEFLers who get X salary. The word "some" is too vague.

It is rather irrelevant what one or two or three posters say that they or a friend or acquaintance gets.

Based on ads, the experience of friends, and posters here, I would say that only perhaps 5% of TEFL teachers get US$8-10K a month.

Does that sound right?

VS

JustinC · Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 3:15 am Post subject:

I posted no because I don't but I'm sure some teachers do; it is an open market, after all.

And good luck to 'em. I'm sure their performance and experience deserve it, while sports players and bankers get squillions of moneys just for turning up.

elbows · Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 4

Places I've worked in the gulf and their salaries in USD after all deductions at the end of my contracts:

Raytheon 8700
BAE 9100
Vinnell 6200
General Dynamics 11,200 (not a typo)

I have a BA.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

elbows · Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 4

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Corporate employment never attracted me and I had no desire to live in a Gulfie version of the Canal Zone ! (ie ARAMCO "Camp" as the inmates quaintly describe that place in Dhahran)

Nor did I ever consider a career with the military ! Civvy Street was good enough for me !

sicklyman · Joined: 02 Feb 2013 Posts: 930