Korean Job Discussion Forums

[red_devil]

Wow if average salary is around 25.5M even a teacher working on 2.5M a year is a bit above the average and teachers work significantly less.

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/12/30/2008123061009.html

[billietea]

Yes, but native speakers can quickly learn how to teach a basic ESL/EFL class while the Korean teachers cannot quickly learn how to speak English in order to teach that very same class. PLUS a native English teacher must leave his/her country, quality of life, (and depending on where the school is located, western food) and culture. You really can't put a price tag on a native English speaker who is 1) good at teaching 2) can adapt to the new lifestyle 3) deal with a bad currency exchange rate and 4) not take off for any other country in the world where there aren't nuclear hostilities in that region.
*because, basically, a native English speaker can work in just about any country (s)he wants...a Korean teacher can only work in Korea or perhaps overseas where someone wants Korean language classes - supply and demand.

[Robot_Teacher]

Wow, that report totally tells the truth. The wealth is going to fewer and fewer people which is a global economic phenomenon.

Of course teachers are just a tad bit above the average and should be. It's the same at home. Teacher makes $25,000 to $40,000 annually while typical worker makes $15,000 to $25,000, sometimes in the 30's with the big bucks going to a select minority. .

[The Great Wall of Whiner]