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TEFL Salary Index: English teacher salaries by country, checked and dated

Monthly pay for English teachers on this index runs from about €650 in Thailand to €7,450 in Hong Kong on the government NET scheme. Korea’s EPIK pays €1,510–1,800 a month, Japan’s JET about €22,400 a year, and Spain’s NALCAP assistants €800–1,000. Every figure is taken from the programme’s own pay scale, not from job adverts.

Updated 18 August 2026 against official programme sources. EPIK, JET, NALCAP and TFETP re-read at source on 9 September 2026, and every euro conversion recomputed at the ECB reference rates of 8 September 2026

What English teachers actually earn abroad, in local currency and euro, from public school programmes in Korea and Japan to language centres in Vietnam and assistant posts in Spain. Every line comes from an official pay scale or programme page, carries the date we checked it, and gets corrected in place the moment a ministry moves the numbers.

Updated 9 September 2026. Four figures on this desk have moved. Korea’s EPIK range previously read 2.1–2.8M KRW; the official salary and benefits page states that the offices of education are not hiring Level 3 and that all applicants must qualify for at least Level 2, so the floor now reads 2.35M. Taiwan’s TFETP pay and its 980-position count have been withdrawn because both official pages returned no readable content when checked on 31 August and again today. Every euro conversion on this desk has been recomputed at the European Central Bank reference rates published on 8 September 2026, replacing a mix of European Commission and older ECB rates, so the Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Thailand euro figures have all shifted. Local-currency figures are unchanged apart from Korea and Taiwan.

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Where & programme	Monthly pay ▾	Window / timing	Signal
Hong Kong Government NET Scheme, primary schools	HK$35,080–67,850 / mo ≈ €3,850–7,450 + housing allowance	Next round expected spring 2027	ON THE WIRE · 2027
Japan JET Programme 2027 intake	4.02M JPY / yr ≈ €22,400 a year	Applications available September 2026; deadline November 2026	ON THE WIRE · SEP
South Korea EPIK Spring 2027, public schools	2.35–2.8M KRW / mo ≈ €1,510–1,800 + housing, flights, bonus	Rolling admission; Spring 2027 marked just opened from 1 August 2026	LIVE WIRE
Vietnam Language centres	$1,200–2,000 / mo ≈ €1,030–1,720	Peak hiring July to October	LIVE WIRE
Thailand Schools nationwide, semester two	฿25,000–55,000 / mo ≈ €650–1,440	Recruiting Aug to Oct, November start	LIVE WIRE
Spain NALCAP language assistants	€800–1,000 / mo stipend	Shut until 2027, no date published	LINE CLOSED
France Language assistant posts	€810 / mo net stipend 30–35% more in overseas regions	2027/28 applications open November	ON THE WIRE · NOV
Online Preply and italki tutoring	Set your own rate typical €9–22 / hr	Onboarding tutors now	LIVE WIRE
Taiwan TFETP	Not published official page not loading	Rolling intake. Both official TFETP pages returned no readable content on 31 Aug and 9 Sep 2026, so no figure is restated	LIVE WIRE

Updated 18 August 2026, EPIK, JET, NALCAP and TFETP re-read 9 September 2026
Euro conversions at the European Central Bank reference rates of 8 September 2026

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