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[matador]

Where can I find the jobs in Japan that pay around 350,000 yen !?!?! It seems that 250,000 yen has been the standard rate for the last 15 years...... Was up wi dat !?!?!?!

[Glenski]

Besides high school or university jobs, you will have to look long and hard to find a conversation school that pays that much. Sadly, yes, the market baseline salary has not changed in many years. What are your qualifications?

From April's ohayosensei.com, here are all the jobs advertised that fall close to that figure.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCIENCE AND COMPUTER TEACHER.
Full-time, 25 hours/week. 340,000yen/month. Teach both science and
basic computer skills to students grades 1-6 in Catholic school. Nerima-ku, Tokyo

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CERTIFIED TEACHER.
Full-time, 20-25 hours/week. 300,000yen/month. Teach various subjects
at different grades, yard duty and bus monitor. Nerima-ku, Tokyo


ASSISTANT LANGUAGE TEACHER (ALT).
Full-time. 300,000yen/month. Team teach English as an Assistant
Language Teacher (ALT) at three public junior high schools, teach
English in residential programs conducted through the language
school: 2-week courses for business professionals (small groups),
2-day travel English courses, one-week summer workshop for teachers
of English, and 3-day courses for high school students (short
camp-type events, large groups), perform administrative duties, and
develop materials. Odawara, Kanagawa

ENGLISH CONVERSATION TEACHERS.
Full- (300,000yen/month, national/school holidays and completion
bonus) and part-time (3000yen/hour). Teach at cultural school. Native
speaker required. Teaching experience preferred.

EFL TEACHER.
Full- (40 hours/week, 300,000yen/month) and part-time (3-6
classes/day, 3500yen/hour). Teach children aged 1-6. Proper visa,
native English speaker, BA and experience teaching ESL/EFL required.
TESL certification preferred. Meguro, Tokyo

ENGLISH TEACHER.
Full-time, 9am-6pm, Mon-Fri, 40 hours/week, 25 forty-minute
classes/week. 3,600,000yen/year. Organize and run English program for
kids aged 3-12 years. Teaching and curriculum development for over
200 children. BA/BS (arts, languages, teaching-related preferred),
one year teaching experience in Japan and basic conversational
Japanese speaking ability required. Music and speech/drama abilities
and experience preferred. Tsuchiura-Shi, Ibaraki

[JimDunlop2]

The Golden Age of Japan is over (and has been for a while now)... Even though the streets aren't paved with gold, 250,000 will still earn you a respectable living.... If you want to go where the real money is, consider investing in an MA (unless you already have one) and a BEd, and move to Saudi Arabia or U.A.E. Seems to be the boom industry now, anyway.

It's a case of supply & demand.... There seem to be about a dozen people lining up for each job, even though it's only an Eikawa that pays the standard minimum 250,000.... At the same time, schools are having a tough time finding appropriate, qualified staff to fill vacancies.... But due to the economy, you can be guaranteed they won't be offering you more any time soon.

Good luck though.... If you can catch the gravy train... Fantastic! But if you're coming here expecting to snag that 350+ job.... Good chance you'll go home disappointed.

JD

P.S. Yes. It is a commonly known fact that English teacher salaries have remained virtually unchanged in the last 15 years... It is also a fact that English teachers still make a lot more than many Japanese people. Full-time Japanese staff at my school make 160,000 and do a lot more work (paperwork, interaction with clients and parents and daily maint. stuff that requires fluency in Japanese)....