Teaching in Shanghai: Salaries & International Schools
Teacher-reported monthly pay at 21 international schools in Shanghai. Housing and tax change what you keep more than a small bump in base pay.
Teacher salaries in Shanghai, from real reports
Based on 20 anonymous teacher salary reports across 21 international schools in Shanghai. Figures are monthly base pay in CNY, 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.
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 Shanghai
Concordia International School Shanghai
Concordia International School Shanghai is a not-for-profit, American curriculum school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
The British International School Shanghai, Puxi
The British International School Shanghai, Puxi was established in 2005 and sits on a campus at 111 Jinguang Road in Huacao Town, Minhang District. Academic pathways listed by the school include IGCSE, A Levels and its IB Academy for the IB Diploma. Part of the Nord Anglia Education family, the school describes collaborations with Juilliard, MIT and NASA.
Yew Chung International School Shanghai
Shanghai Victoria Kindergarten
Shanghai Victoria Kindergarten is a not-for-profit, IB PYP curriculum school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
Shanghai United International School Pudong
YCIS
Wellington College International Shanghai
Shanghai Liaoyuan Bilingual School
SAS
SAS is a not-for-profit school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
Shanghai Community International School (SCIS)
Shanghai Community International School (SCIS) is a for-profit, IB MYP curriculum school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
YK Pao
YK Pao is a not-for-profit, IB DP curriculum school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
WISS
WISS is a for-profit, IB DP curriculum school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
SUIS
SUIS is a not-for-profit school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
Shanghai United International School, Shangyin
Shanghai United International School, Shangyin is a for-profit school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
The SMIC Private School
Vanke School Pudong
Vanke School Pudong is a for-profit, IB PYP curriculum school in Shanghai, China. Listing details were imported from Wondering Staffroom.
NACIS
YK Pao School (YKPS)
YCIS Pudong
Yew Wah Shanghai Lingang (YWIES)
Shenghua Zizhu academy
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