Farang Teachers In Los

[taxidriver]

I thought it would be interesting to do a poll on how much teachers are making in Thailand. It would be nice to get an overall average from TV posters.

[Ijustwannateach]

I thought it would be interesting to do a poll on how much teachers are making in Thailand. It would be nice to get an overall average from TV posters.

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I can tell you without anyone posting that the average will be somewhere in the low 30's per month- the industry standard at public schools is roughly 30K, and there'll be a few lucky souls who've got that bumped up to 40K or even 50K to raise the average a bit (plus a few unlucky ones with less, but I'm optimistically hoping there are more who have more right now).

That's way too low, incidentally- if Thailand weren't such a popular place to be for cheap backpackers, it would be at *least* a 40-45K average.

"Steven"

[Ajarn]

My last English teaching gig in Thailand gave me a take-home pay of 160,000-200,000 baht per month for almost 5 years...

And, I taught my classes naked a good part of the time. And no, that wasn't the reason for the generous salary...

Short commute, too

Any guesses about my (former) job?

[PeaceBlondie]

As Ajarn points out, there are two things that men will exaggerate: their money and the size of their organ. And I don't mean their Hammond electric organ.

[Ajarn]

As Ajarn points out, there are two things that men will exaggerate: their money and the size of their organ.  And I don't mean their Hammond electric organ.

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Some men, perhaps.

[mbkudu]

Six years ago I was making between 50,000-60,000 per month doing 90% privates

and a few token school hours. Most of my students were Taiwanese or Japanese.

I had to work a lot of hours though. The next time a teach in Thailand I will never work that much; too much of a grind.

[jingjingna]

My Mon - Fri job, 26,000 Baht per month

My Saturday morning job, 50,000 Baht per month and rising!