Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Lemonade]

[jacl]

Basically, this job is half of what you make for twice as many hours.

Good fucking deal!

[PRagic]

Lemonade, there are indeed teaching jobs that start that high. Usually, they require degrees in tech. and business fields. I knew a guy finishing up his Ph.D. in MIS, for example, that started at 105,000. Of course, the job was in a major city, so some of that was cost of living oriented.

Guess we don't merrit that in Korea, and in Seoul or Pusan in particular. Seoul is one of the most expensive cities in the world for expats to live in, and inflation and housing prices have been hiking skyward, yet universities are cutting salaries

Yeah, I know that this means that universities may be doing some belt tightening, too. I don't see it, though, at least not where I work. There has been investment in just about everything BUT teachers! So we need a plan that could potentially benefit universities, students, and teachers...

1) Cosolodate the universities, phasing out the non-viable ones.
2) Stop making English a mandatory subject. It'll do fine as an option, and erase the need for these half-assed programs.
3) Make the MA mandatory for all university jobs.

[Hollywoodaction]

[Real Reality]

Top 10 Private Research Universities in Average Salary for Full Professor
University ..................... Average Salary
1. Rockefeller University..... $172,800
2. Harvard University ..... $168,700
3. Princeton University ..... $156,800
4. Stanford University ..... $156,200
5. University of Chicago ..... $155,100
6. Yale University ..... $151,200
7. University of Pennsylvania ..... $149,900
8. California Institute of Technology ..... $147,800
9. Yeshiva University ..... $144,200
10. New York University ..... $144,000

Six-Figure Average Salaries for Associate Professors
Institution ................................. Average Salary
1. California Institute of Technology ..... $106,500
2. Stanford University ..... $106,100
3. Babson College ..... $103,000
4. Thomas M. Cooley Law School ..... $101,300
5. University of Pennsylvania ..... $100,700

Top 5 Institutions in Average Salary for Assistant Professor
Institution ................................... Average Salary
1. California Institute of Technology ..... $96,800
2. University of Pennsylvania ..... $88,100
3. Harvard University ..... $87,300
4. Babson College ..... $87,200
5. Stanford University .... $86,900

Top 10 Community Colleges in Average Salary for Full Professor
College .......................................... Average Salary
1. Westchester Community College ..... $95,100
2. Gloucester County College ..... $94,000
3. Miami U. (Ohio) at Hamilton ..... $90,600
4. Union County College ..... $89,900
5. Queensborough Community College ..... $89,200
6. Hostos Community College ..... $87,200
7. LaGuardia Community College ..... $86,700
8. Borough of Manhattan Community College ..... $85,300
9. (tie) Bronx Community College ..... $84,300
9. (tie) Kingsborough Community College ..... $84,300
The Eroding Faculty Paycheck by Scott Jaschik
Inside Higher Ed (April 24, 2006)
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/04/24/salaries

Faculty Salaries Up 3.4%
Average Salaries at 4-Year Institutions, by Discipline and Rank, 2005-6
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/03/06/cupa

Administrators' Salaries Are Up 3.5%
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/02/20/cupa

What Professors Earn
Average Salaries for Full-Time Faculty Members, 2003-4
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i33/33a01301.htm

-- Annual Salaries for Korean Professors, 2000-2001--
Pohang University of Science and Technology: 67 million won
Yeungnam University: 62.7 million won
Sungkyunkwan University: 61.7 million won
Korea University: 59.5 million won
Hannam University: 58.3 million won
Hoseo University: 56.4 million won
Title: Academic Pay Not Linked to Prestige, Says Salary Study --
'2001 College Education Advancement Index' by the Korean Council
for University Education (KCUE).
Date of Article: September 23, 2001
Article by Kang Min-seok; Source: Inside JoongAng Daily
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200109/23/200109232313052859900090409041.html

Professor in a Korean University: Salary
US$ 5,511 per month
Title: ASIAWEEK SALARY SURVEY 2000
Source: Asiaweek, MARCH 17, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 10
Site Address: http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/salaries/2000/popups/content/skor.html

[Lemonade]

RR. Thanks for the link. You should have posted the averages:

Average Salaries of Professors, by Rank and Institution Type, 2006-6

Institution Type/Rank
Average Salary
1-Year % Change

Doctoral � public

�Professor
$101,620
+3.9%

�Associate professor
70,952
+3.7%

�Assistant professor
60,440
+3.8%

Doctoral � private independent

�Professor
$131,292
+4.4%

�Associate professor
84,419
+3.5%

�Assistant professor
71,877
+3.0%

Doctoral � private church-related

�Professor
$113,740
+3.8%

�Associate professor
77,409
+3.9%

�Assistant professor
65,286
+3.9%

Master�s � public

�Professor
$78,884
+2.7%

�Associate professor
62,700
+2.6%

�Assistant professor
52,873
+3.0%

Master�s � private independent

�Professor
$88,800
+3.4%

�Associate professor
67,148
+3.2%

�Assistant professor
54,996
+2.8%

Master�s � private church-related

�Professor
$78,379
+3.3%

�Associate professor
62,208
+3.2%

�Assistant professor
51,411
+3.5%

Baccalaureate � public

�Professor
$73,406
+2.9%

�Associate professor
59,913
+3.0%

�Assistant professor
49,546
+2.7%

Baccalaureate � private independent

�Professor
$87,779
+3.3%

�Associate professor
64,846
+3.6%

�Assistant professor
53,083
+4.0%

Baccalaureate � private church-related

�Professor
$66,547
+3.9%

�Associate professor
55,402
+3.5%

�Assistant professor
45,873
+2.8%

Community colleges � public

�Professor
$66,011
+3.0%

�Associate professor
53,405
+2.8%

�Assistant professor
47,116
+2.3%

[JZer]

[Lemonade]

[kimchikowboy]

"The average salary, not the entry-level salary, of an assistant professor in a US Department of Foreign Languages is $35,095."

Source: Wright, John W. (Ed.) (1998). The American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries: 1997-1998 Edition. New York: Avon.

Quoted in: Hiring Policy in United States Spanish Departments: Considerations of Social Class, National Origin, and Ethnicity, Education Policy Analysis Archives, Vol. 7, Number 12, April 10, 1999.

I don't have a link handy, but you can do a search on ERIC if you are interested. I doubt salaries are much higher now, and this is for people with a Ph.D. Much of the focus of this part of the paper is how teaching literature is better paid and with lighter workloads than just teaching language. I believe it is the same here, with many of the lit jobs going to people with at least an M.A. in English, at least at my uni.

Lemonade wrote:

[JZer]

[JZer]

[jacl]

Yeah, and some technicals schools have instructors with no B.A.

[JZer]

[JZer]

Here is the best list! Lowest paid full time professors:

Southern Adventist U $34.8
U Politechnica de Puerto Rico $35.9
Lackawanna College $36.3
Central Baptist College (Ark) $36.4
Bethany College (Kan) $36.5
Truett McConnell College $37.2
Faith Baptist Bible College and Seminary $37.3
Tennessee Wesleyan College $37.7
Thomas U $37.7
Lane College $38.3
Missouri Baptist College $38.3
Bethel College (Kan) $38.4
Saint Paul's College (Va) $38.7
Ohio Valley College (WVa) $39.0
McPherson College $39.1

[JZer]

Mark Grady of UCLA's law school earns $225,000 a year according to this website(http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2006/02/more_on_law_pro.html).