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in indo ya pay is up 10% over 5 years only thing is inflashon is yo 17.5% this year! and fule went up 130% in Nov!

never mind the beer study rice has gone up from 1,500 to 4,800!
the bus was 500 now 2,500

have you seen this?
maybe it becuse tachers come and go faster than ice on a hot day

Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

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sallycat · Joined: 11 Mar 2006 Posts: 303 Location: behind you. BOO!

Stephen Jones · Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 4124

Obviously the price of spell-checkers is quite beyond your means!

tedkarma · Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 4:32 pm Post subject:

In the countries where I have taught, I think wages have kept up with or slightly exceeded inflation - over the last 14 years.

No great gains, but then again there are many more of us out here nowadays.

Some countries, like Japan, I think wages have stayed the same for years - but the economy has been stagnant for a long time too.

Sgt Killjoy · Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 438

In 5 years in Thailand, average salaries outside of Bangkok have went from the low 20'sk baht to right around 30k baht. I would say 30 to 40% growth. The baht has strengthened from 41 to 38 to the dollar so in dollar terms, the wages have went up quite a bit. But in the last two years, wage growth has been stagnant, but prices have went up by about 20% or more on things like food, transportation, media, etc.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Mexico wages don't seem to have gone up much...a smigden over the last five years. Inflation has been fairly low, though some key items like gas have gone up.

sidjameson · Joined: 11 Jan 2004 Posts: 629 Location: osaka

Interesting question. In Japan, in my experience, wages have definitly declined. In the 8 years I have been here I have seen the part time work in the Osaka area fall by 20% and whereas there used to be a range of pay for the full time work, it now all seems to be at the same minimum level. On the other hand many schools have increased their contact hours for that minimum.
Simple supply and demand theory seems to explain the situation. A lot more foreigners here now chasing the jobs.

When I graduated from university I don't remember anyone else talking about doing TEFL overseas. Now I get the feeling that every fresh faced 22 year old is considering a year or two abroad.