Income for a normal English High School teacher in Japan.?

Question

I'm getting to that point in my life where I'm going to have start thinking about a career option. How ever I'm unsure, I picked this because I have been speaking English all my life and learned Japanese at a young age. But i'm unsure if this would be an ideal position to support a family. I here my teachers complaining that there under paid for someone who has gone to College for an X amount of years but I'm not sure if that's the case in Japan.

I'm receiving free college so if I'm going to do this I might as well shoot for a masters degree, and I'd preferably like to teach in the Osaka region.

Answer 1

For an English ALT (Assistant Language Teacher) on the JET Programme, you receive 300,000 yen a month. The average income for private English teachers is between 250,000 and 350,000.

As an entry level Japanese teacher (assuming you have passed your teaching license in Japan) the pay generally begins at about 220,000 yen a month but you also get a bonus at the end of the year. As you move up in your position, your pay will also increase.

As I said earlier, you will have to pass the Teacher's License Test in Japan, so I hope that your Japanese is very good. My best friend, a junior high school teacher (on temp work) has failed it five times already, on the Japanese sections (she aces her English sections).

I do wish you the best of luck, and drop me an e-mail if you have anymore questions.