Teaching in Seoul: Salaries & International Schools
Teacher-reported monthly pay at 6 international schools in Seoul. Housing and tax change what you keep more than a small bump in base pay.
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Teacher salaries in Seoul, from real reports
Based on 4 anonymous teacher salary reports across 6 international schools in Seoul. Figures are monthly base pay in KRW, with the top and bottom 5% trimmed. Compare housing, flights, tax context, and estimated savings on each school page before treating a median as the full picture.
Limited sample: based on only 4 reports. Treat this median as an early signal, not a definitive country rate.
The spread is the real story. Salary ranges, per-role medians, and exact school-by-school packages (base + housing + flights + savings) are members-only, $10/year.
Sourced from teachers who worked at these schools. Medians are base pay only. How we handle data.
All international schools in Seoul
Dwight School Seoul
Seoul Foreign School
FH
Dwight
Elite Open School Korea
Elite Open School Korea is a for-profit, American curriculum school in Seoul, South Korea. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
KKFS
KKFS is a for-profit, American curriculum school in Seoul, South Korea. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
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