New Chinese teachers make around 1,500 to 2,000 yuan. Some teachers in the big cities make more because the higher price of living. Most Chinese outside the big cities have to pay their own housing and transportation to school. Foreign teachers no, they have their housing paid by the school. Also the bonus for the foreign teacher is twice higher than the Chinese teachers. For the hrs. Chinese teachers teach more hrs, and they can be fire anytime as there are 100's of new applicants waiting for the position. The fact that Chinese teachers sometimes have to keep a family, makes their job so important, often they have to accept to be slaves and take all kind of abuse. On the other hand, foreign teachers quit the job when there are cheated-abused by schools. Foreign teachers also have the option to teach privately and make good money, Chinese teachers no. There is not comparison, foreign teachers get a better deal and life than Chinese teachers.

> I do feel sorry for most foreign teachers engaged by schools in
> China. Most recruiters and schools keep lying about the salary
> offered to foreign teachers. Most claim that we chinese teachers are
> paid less than foreign teachers, which is actually not true.

> I've been teaching for 2 years now and my salary is more if not on
> par with 2 the foreign teachers in my school. My salary, including
> bonus and incentives is around 2800-3000rmb/month for 12 lesson a
> week. The two foreign teacher are being paid 3000 and getting 18
> lessons.

> Some of my older collegues are even getting more. One way for you
> people to find out is to look at teachers who smoke. A collegue of my
> told the Foreign teachers that he is only getting 1500, Rubbish. He
> smoke 2 packets of cigarettes a day, costing about 30rmb and that
> will cost him 900rmb. How could he live with 600 and month,. He has a
> wife , 2 children and has to feed his parents,too. What I hear is
> that he is getting 3600rmb.He has a motorbike and his wife has a
> motorised bicycle.