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greyhound
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 Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 2:33 pm Post subject: what's the net salary |
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If you earn $36000 in the US, what's your net yearly take home? Would that be about the same as earning 2.3m won per month?  |
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CentralCali
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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The US, as indicated by its very name, has these nifty things called states which, oddly enough, tend to be different than each other. One of these differences is the state tax code; another is the cost of living. It's impossible to answer your query without knowing more about the hypothetical wage earner. Factors to consider are: which state, which jurisdiction, urban or rural, married or single, number of dependents, amount of charitable contributions, to name a few.
Why does it matter to you? Is your backup plan finding an American girlfriend? |
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greyhound
Joined: 10 Jun 2016
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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I put in the figure in a US tax calculator and it came up with about $30,000
well you never know. There's plenty of American girls in Korea I think.  |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:14 pm Post subject: |
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Why all the inane questions? And why would you possibly care about a US net wage when 1) you're not from the US, and 2) you're coming to Korea to work.
Stop feeding the troll...  |
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greyhound
Joined: 10 Jun 2016
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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well it was kinda personal but seein as you just called me a troll I'll tell ya.
I got invited to a US state education board recruitment fair in 3 weeks. I applied to them quite a few weeks back now online and they reviewed my application and offered me an eticket invite to the event.
I asked them for their salaries yesterday for someone with a bachelor's degree.
It turns out with my experience I'd be on about $36000. Top whack for this particular state is about $50000. But after tax (around $6000) I would be left with 30k abouts. Then there's rent and I checked Roomster and it came up at $400 a month so about another $5000 off so I would be left with about $25000 for the year.
Plus flights to this particular state are £1000 return.
May as well just go to Korea. It would have been good for my CV though. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| greyhound wrote: |
| I put in the figure in a US tax calculator and it came up with about $30,000 |
Totally meaningless without knowing all the other factors involved in day-to-day life in a particular area.
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| well you never know. There's plenty of American girls in Korea I think. |
Hahaha! Dude, Korea isn't exactly welcoming for Korean women, even less so for foreign women. |
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PRagic
Joined: 24 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Minus your medical insurance, minus other deducations, minus utilities, minus car + insurance...
Yeah, you're better off in Korea, espcially with just a BA. |
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CentralCali
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2016 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Going by the OP's initial posts on this board, he doesn't actually have a bachelor's degree. |
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greyhound
Joined: 10 Jun 2016
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:05 am Post subject: |
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Lol You remind me of nomad soul on the international forums. He's/she's always going on about a bona fide BA. You only need a US bachelor's degree or equivalent so I am guessing here but I guess that a UK equivalent degree is transferable to the states.
They don't do graduate diplomas anymore at my conservatoire. They do a BMus instead. I should've done a BA Music instead really as it's more recognisable.
This is why I am on my toes waiting for the visa to come through in case they reject it. The recruiter says they are going to issue it. A week already and still nothing. |
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JohnML
Joined: 05 Jul 2015
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| Going by the OP's initial posts on this board, he doesn't actually have a bachelor's degree. |
IIRC, he's said he doesn't have a degree, then he has a PhD, then he had 10 teachers teaching experience w/ a license etc... It's obvious he's either just messing around or curious about the question and lied about his circumstances. Still I just answer everything he says as if it was a serious question in the off-chance someone gets some use out of it.
As for the salary I'd say 36k vs 2.3 million won... There's probably not that much difference to be honest (depending on city/state). Healthcare is more expensive in America though but Korea isn't cheap either. The main thing is the 36k would offer better experience on the CV and better promotional prospects. Ups and downs if you ask me. |
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greyhound
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:13 am Post subject: |
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I never said I had a PHD  I just have a degree (well a diploma equivalent to a degree 4 years full time) and my PGCE which is what all secondary teachers get in the UK to teach their subject at secondary school.
And that's it. That's all I have in the world. Oh and a TEFLA, now called a CELTA.
I could have done a MMus when I finished my diploma/degree whatever you wanna call it and an MMus is just one year. Instead I did 2 years part time in Budapest on a british council scholarship. They paid for all flights, course fees and a monthly stipend for rent and living expenses. I had a good time with all the foreign students there. |
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JohnML
Joined: 05 Jul 2015
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| greyhound wrote: |
I never said I had a PHD I just have a degree (well a diploma equivalent to a degree 4 years full time) and my PGCE which is what all secondary teachers get in the UK to teach their subject at secondary school.
And that's it. That's all I have in the world. Oh and a TEFLA, now called a CELTA.
I could have done a MMus when I finished my diploma/degree whatever you wanna call it and an MMus is just one year. Instead I did 2 years part time in Budapest on a british council scholarship. They paid for all flights, course fees and a monthly stipend for rent and living expenses. I had a good time with all the foreign students there. |
If you have a PGCE and teaching experience (I assume?) why would you go to the US for only 36,000. You could earn at least as much probably more in the UK (I was offered more than that for my salaries teacher training to get my PGCE outside of London). Turned it down of course because it's still a god horrible amount of money. Go to China man, there were plenty of jobs in Beijing offering around 30-35k GBP/year for a PGCE music teacher and it's cheap as shit there. |
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greyhound
Joined: 10 Jun 2016
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:35 am Post subject: |
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I just wanted to work in America that's why. I have been to America about 3 times to AZ and travelled around Las Vegas and down to Mexico. I don't know why they only pay $36000. The top whack says $5000 a month after god knows how many years. That's the bachelor's scale. I didn't see the master's or PHD scales. I also have a friend of 20 years in LA now, that's why I went to AZ cos his family lives there. He is also a musician and he did a course in film editing and directing. He works freelance in LA in Burbank right next to Hollywood and pulls in around 50K US a year. Mind you his rent is $1500 a month for a 1 bed flat. He doesn't work all the time, but when he works, he charges like $10,000 a project. He just broke up with his wife, a Romanian actress as she wasn't finding work there in LA as an actress and other problems.
Yeh there's some pretty high paying jobs in china if you can find the right school. The trouble is all the music teachers are after these jobs. What else can a music teacher do? But I think they only accept a BA in China. They wouldn't know what the hell a graduate diploma equivalent degree meant |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| greyhound wrote: |
Lol You remind me of nomad soul on the international forums. He's/she's always going on about a bona fide BA. You only need a US bachelor's degree or equivalent so I am guessing here but I guess that a UK equivalent degree is transferable to the states.
They don't do graduate diplomas anymore at my conservatoire. They do a BMus instead. I should've done a BA Music instead really as it's more recognisable.
This is why I am on my toes waiting for the visa to come through in case they reject it. The recruiter says they are going to issue it. A week already and still nothing. |
A BMus is a bachelor's degree. For South Korea, as you've been told a number of times by a number of posters here, the requirement is to have a bachelor's; it doesn't matter what type of bachelor's and it doesn't matter what field the bachelor's is for. As far as a degree being"transferable to the States", that depends on what you mean by transferable and who's deciding. For foreign applicants for continued education in the US, the receiving institution makes that determination, generally using a service that evaluates the degree the applicant has received from the non-US institution. For employment in the US, it's all on what the law specifically states for the particular program and visa required for that program.
You were called a troll by another poster because you obviously are a troll. You're just a bored person posting a bunch of asinine comments which, sadly, could lead the unwary to making a big mistake when it comes to working as a foreign English teacher in the ROK. You might find that funny; however, it's quite unethical as it is mucking with other people's lives. A number of us have posted facts--which you have scoffed at--to hopefully prevent an unwary reader of this forum falling into a terrible situation. Finally: I'm with JohnML; I seriously doubt you have a high school diploma, let alone a degree from a tertiary institution.
Oh, and nobody's going to be teaching at primary or secondary schools in the US without getting a teacher's certification from the state or territory in which they'll be teaching. Another thing, if you're going to make up a story, try to get the acronyms correct; it's CTEFLA, not TEFLA. |
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greyhound
Joined: 10 Jun 2016
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| Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 12:56 am Post subject: |
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I'm waiting for my visa to start a job as an English language teacher in korea. it is getting boring waiting more than a week for the visa and I will believe it when I see it as I don't have a BMus, I have what I have and it's a bachelor's degree equivalent according to the university, well conservatoire. And as I have told you on the other thread, the recruiter says it's definitely been accepted for the visa and they are just waiting for the visa issuance number. So, they obviously accept my diploma as equivalent to a BMus or bachelor's degree. it's not your problem, it's my problem anyway.
As, for tertiary education, I was at conservatoire for 4 years on a UK GRANT. No student loans then. I didn't have a single penny to pay back when I finished uni. I had a student loan to do my PGCE. I worked as a teacher in UK schools from 1997 until 2007 and since then I've been an English language teacher in a few countries. I also worked in Japan 20 years ago after I got my PGCE for a year or so.
So I don't know what you're going on about really. |
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