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niftyness
Joined: 05 Jul 2009
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 Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: Average Pay? |
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I was just wondering what is a good beginner salary? What are the averages that people are getting out there?
thanks!  |
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roadballmint
Joined: 09 Jan 2009
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:59 am Post subject: |
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| Salaries depend on a lot of factors, but 1.8 to 2.2 million/month is an average range for your first contract. |
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merrypr4nkster
Joined: 03 Jun 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:59 am Post subject: |
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| 69 Dude |
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niftyness
Joined: 05 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:00 am Post subject: |
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haha merry. so inappropriate.
what about for private school? does 2.2 still stand? |
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roadballmint
Joined: 09 Jan 2009
Location: Seoul, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:08 am Post subject: |
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Yes, 1.8 to 2.2 applies in hagwons as well (actually, I work in a hagwon so I'm not 100% sure on public school salaries...).
2.2 is towards the higher end for a first contract, unless you have a little previous teaching experience (tutoring, training, TEFL cert, something like that). |
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AgentONeal
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| I got 2.0 with an English degree and no teaching experience before. This is my first contract, starts in August. |
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niftyness
Joined: 05 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:32 am Post subject: |
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thanks road! you rock!
congrats agent! that's awesome. are you doing public or private? and which city are you going to?  |
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AgentONeal
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:48 am Post subject: |
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I'll be in Seoul, not sure where exactly. Maybe I see you there  |
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eliross
Joined: 14 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:24 am Post subject: |
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2.1-2.4 for private 2.0 for public with no experience or certs. These are the 24-30 hour a week jobs. If you're looking at teaching more make sure to get paid more. If you're teaching in an expensive area or out in the sticks make sure you get paid more. Most importantly get the email addresses of current teachers and talk to them about the job! Better to take a pay cut and have a better job then go through hell for a year for a thousand bucks. Remember, one day soon they may allow us to work for multiple employers. 1 extra hour of work a week is an extra 200,000 a month.
I just helped someone through this whole process. |
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niftyness
Joined: 05 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 10:40 am Post subject: |
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| thanks so much eli! is it possible to PM me so that I can ask you a few more questions? thanks! |
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Justsurfin12
Joined: 05 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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DeLaRed
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| roadballmint wrote: |
| Yes, 1.8 to 2.2 applies in hagwons as well (actually, I work in a hagwon so I'm not 100% sure on public school salaries...). |
1.8 for hagwons? Which sucker would accept that? You can quite easily get 2.2+ as a newbie
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| 2.1-2.4 for private 2.0 for public with no experience or certs. |
or 1.8 at SMOE PS |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| What about someone who's coming to Korea for the first time... but has 4 years previous teaching experience, but experience as an administrator? (Finishing an M.A. as well, btw) |
Your MA will go further than your previous teaching experience as far as pay. However, for your sake, your experience will help you more than a degree.
I taught 4 years in Japan and it had absolutely no impact on the hagwons I have worked at. At the elementary school I am at now, they counted those years for only a 100,000 won increase each month and that was it. I am not teaching a regular public school job which most likely wouldn't count it at all.
In fact, my salary won't go up as a result if I change schools. Recruiters are telling me if I want a regular middle school position, I will have to accept the same pay I have now because I will have only finished 1 year through the public school system.
As soon as you finish your MA, you can push that with schools. I think the MA opens up doors to university jobs, and many like them over other options.
If you aren't scared of the hagwon scene, you will have to market those years of experience if you really want them to count. |
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MalFSU1
Joined: 27 Jan 2009
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| Not sure if you are planning on hagwon or public school. For public school it can go from about 2mil all the way up to about 3mil, if you teach at more than one school you get extra money, if you teach in rural area you get more money, if you teach after school you can get alot more money. |
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RufusW
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Busan
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