Korean Job Discussion Forums

[bluntedstuntman]

How much do foreign teachers get paid compared to korean english teachers? (particularly in hagwons)
is it based more on experience or qualifications?

what does the average korean teacher earn in a private hagwon?
(particularly ones that have a couple of yrs experience and have a basic grasp of english.)

does it differ a lot depending on the nature of the hagwon?

[Anicca]

In Daegu at a big, famous hogwon the Korean teachers earn 1.6, while the foreigners earn 2.2. The Koreans also work MUCH more. I suspect the dynamic is similar everywhere.

[linton]

Foreign teachers also get free rent it may not always be the best place but it does count for something.

[ttompatz]

[OneWayTraffic]

On the other hand many of them don't speak English so well and there is a greater supply.

Some Koreans make a lot more than the average foreigner though, those that have advanced degrees from prestigious American universities can often teach the big TOEIC classes and so on where a standard package is 40% of the students tuition. I knew a woman making 6mil (10 during university vacations.)

[Whistleblower]

At the school I work, I teach Korean teachers English. I must earn about 3 times their salary.

[Peter Jackson]

At my last public school job one of my English co-teachers told me about all the Korean teachers who leave the public sector for the "high paying" hagwon jobs. In his words, it really is a popularity contest; those teachers who establish a good name for themselves rake it in. They DO work long hours, though, sometimes 16 to 18 hour days. The not so popular teachers don't do so well.

They make more but they don't get the free apartments. But then again, would any Korean live in a place like a typical western teacher does? If they are single they often live at home. Once they get hitched, they wouldn't be caught dead in some of the places they provide native speakers.