Korean Job Discussion Forums

[crsandus]

So I'm sure that the standard answer of "It varies on what, where, who, and how long you teach, and what college he or she went to" but I was more interested in whether the salaries that one receives as an ESL teacher is comparable to a Korean teacher recently out of college. I remember reading awhile back that ESL teachers make more money than Korean counterparts and that this causes jealousy but I haven't heard anything more than that.

I'm sure the free housing, airfare, OT, and severance aren't standard perks for Korean teachers so I'm just asking about pure monthly salary.

[kat2]

Hogwan teacher or public school teacher?

[drkalbi]

At the last hogwon I worked at the Korean teachers made 1.5m.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I've met teachers who make between 1.0m and 9.0m / month. Does that help?

[crsandus]

[ChuckECheese]

I also like to know about K-public school teacher's salary.

[cubanlord]

I saw my school's payroll a few months ago. It ranges from 1.6 to a little under 5 million a month.

[freshking]

I work at an elementary school. I've been told that starting korean teachers fresh out of school make about 1.6 million. But the senior teacher at our school with over 20yrs experience is making over 4 million. This is also a private elementary school, and I don't know if the pay scale is different from a public elementary.

[DCJames]

[ttompatz]

[cubanlord]