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Pay (in RMB)
5500
Is that wage monthly, hourly, weekly, or annual?
monthly
Full time or part time?
Full-time
Hours taught per week:
24
Vacation time (excluding Chinese holidays)
10
Where do you work?
Hunan
What city?
changsha
When was this?
2011
What level are your students?
  • Kindergarten
  • Primary School (Grades 1-5)
  • Middle School (Grades 6-9)
  • High School (Grades 10-12)
  • University (Undergraduate or Foundation Year)
About your employer
What perks did this employer offer?
  • Visa
  • Housing
  • End-of-contract bonus
  • Airfare
Housing
Provided private housing
Airfare
8000
About You
Qualifications
  • MA in another field
Is English your first language?
No


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Pay (in RMB)
8000
Is that wage monthly, hourly, weekly, or annual?
monthly
Full time or part time?
Full-time
Hours taught per week:
37
Where do you work?
Guangdong
What city?
Guangzhou
When was this?
2011
What level are your students?
  • University (Undergraduate or Foundation Year)
  • Postgraduate (MA, PhD)
  • Business English
About your employer
Housing
No housing provided
About You
Teaching experience
2 years
Qualifications
  • BA/BS (Undergraduate degree)
  • TEFL/TESL Certificate
Is English your first language?
Yes

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Pay (in RMB)
75
Is that wage monthly, hourly, weekly, or annual?
hourly
Full time or part time?
Part-time
Describe the PT work
one-to-one tutoring
Hours taught per week:
4
Where do you work?
Zhejiang
What city?
Hangzhou
When was this?
2011
What level are your students?
  • Primary School (Grades 1-5)
About your employer
About You
Teaching experience
0
Qualifications
  • BA/BS (Undergraduate degree)
Is English your first language?
No

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Pay (in RMB)
4000
Is that wage monthly, hourly, weekly, or annual?
monthly
Full time or part time?
Part-time
Describe the PT work
small group lessons
Hours taught per week:
10
Where do you work?
Zhejiang
What city?
Hangzhou
When was this?
2011
What level are your students?
  • Kindergarten
  • Primary School (Grades 1-5)
About your employer
About You
Teaching experience
0
Qualifications
  • BA/BS (Undergraduate degree)
Is English your first language?
No

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To follow up on my earlier post regarding how much Chinese people earn, the People’s Daily recently published an article with salary data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics. The major points:

  • ¥71,874, Shanghai’s average annal salary, is the highest in the country.
  • ¥65,683, Beijing’s average annual salary, is the second highest.
  • ¥37,147 was the average annual salary in China.

Most interesting was a breakdown in salaries based upon profession:

In regards to various industries, the top three industries with the highest annual average salary per capita are the financial services industry, which has an average of 80,772 yuan or 2.2 times the national average level, followed by the information transmission, computer services and software industry, with an average salary of 66,598 yuan or 1.8 times the national average level, and the scientific research, technical service and geological prospecting industry, with an average salary of 57,316 yuan or 1.5 times the national average level.

The article makes no mention of whether or not the third figure is inclusive or exclusive of earnings by peasants. A more useful number for comparison would be the average wage earned by professionals. However, these numbers can/do help to disprove some of the more “optimistic” claims made in job ads; clearly a salary of ¥5,000/month is not “twice as much as the locals make”.

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