Your Job in China

[simonlaing]

Hey All,

This thread is to complement the housing thread. Most people have teaching jobs which are sometimes regulated by the government and sometimes not.

So put a short description of the job and the wage you are being paid.

I will start with a couple of jobs I had in the last year or two in Nanjing. What is the going rate for teaching in your area?

Naskaken English (similar to web, or wall street private for-profit englishschoo ) year of 06-Wage:

10k /month and one way plane ticket once a year with limited health care and other benefits. Other plus you didn't have to prepare many of the classes.

Work time 25 hours teaching a week. very tiring

Commute time25 min bike ride.

Size of classes 4 to 8 to 25 students

Nanjing Audit Uni - Teachign English majors

Wage: 4,000 RMB a month plus nice free apartment on campus and a plane time. Great environment, ate at the school faculty canteen, and in small shops, saved about 2500 a month.

Work time: 12-14 hours a week, Repeated classes so limited prep time. Long vacations in the summer and in Spring festival. Good support from the faculty.

After I left this job they required the teachers to commute 1 hour to the suburban campus, but while I was there living on the campus it was a 5 minute walk which included going down 4 flights of my apartment building an 2 flights of the teaching building. Living in the suburb is a non-starter as there is nothing there at the moment. I was allowed to teach alternative classes like movie appreciation, watch a movie act out a scene time deal.

size of classes 12-25 -50

Since this is China and Chinese people often ask my salary. I don't think it is so strange. I think also by getting what other people are being paid we can better negotiate for ourselves don't you think?

Thanks,

Have fun,

Simon:)

p.s. post what people make in other places like Shanghai, or Yunnan as the cost of living is different I think so it would make sense that the salary is different.