Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ChrisHannah]

Anybody out there know what the typical Korean gets paid at an English hagwon? I know it varies greatly, but sometimes I feel like my co-workers resent my salary, but it's unsubstantiated because I simply have no clue about theirs. FYI, I get 2.3m.

[nobbyken]

Suppose it differs for experienced hagwon teachers, but the figure of 1.5 is in head as a typical starting pay.

[ThingsComeAround]

Your starting salary is higher.
However, they have greater opportunities for advancement and raises. (hagwon and public school both)

They have no reason to resent you or your salary.

[blackjack]

[CentralCali]

Their salary is completely irrelevant to your salary as yours is completely irrelevant to theirs. You and they have different duties and different qualifications for different jobs. If the resentment is based on you getting paid what you get paid because of your being a native English speaker, then the person resenting that is just being irrational. Take your pick: 1-ignore the irrelevant resentment or 2-ignore the irrational resentment.

[tommo123456789]

At my school, the K Teachers get paid 10,000 won per class taught. Each year they stay, they get a 500 won raise for each class. They also get a bonus every 6 months.. not sure how much though..

[jiberish]

I get 2.8 she gets 1.7

Parents send them to the hagwon for you not them generally.

[ChopChaeJoe]

Despite some dustups, I've always had excellent relationships with my hagwon co-teachers and never felt like income was relevent, and I make more than you do.

[eho]

[CentralCali]

[nautilus]

[PatrickGHBusan]

[curiousaboutkorea]

One of my Korean friends is an English hagwon teacher. She was pouting about how foreigners get paid more and said it's not fair. I asked how far she had to move to take her job. She stopped complaining.

[CentralCali]

So some of the Koreans think we foreigners aren't qualified for our task-specific job? Big deal. How many of their degrees would qualify them for education credentials in our home countries? For that matter, how many of them could pass the credentialing process? After all, most places I'm aware of in my country would not permit the usual Korean method of classroom control.

[brier]

It depends where the Korean teacher is working. If it is at a hogwon, he or she will most likely make less, some much much less. If it is at a public school and she is fresh out of school hershelf, about the same. If she is an older teacher with 20, 25 years in the system, much much more. Korean public school teachers are some of the highest paid school teachers in the world.