Personal Finance for English Teachers Abroad
Ella is a 2nd year Auxiliar living in Huesca, Aragon. She was working as a chiropractor in Adelaide, Australia when she decided to spend a year in Spain to improve her university Spanish. Covid had other plans for her, and since she wasn’t able to return to Australia during the lockdown, she decided to stay another year.
Updated on December 7, 2020
The average income of a population is often overlooked when people prepare to teach abroad. We usually want to know how much we can make, and that information isn’t difficult to find. According to Go Overseas, the average income for an English teacher in Spain is between 700 and 1800 euros. As an auxiliar de conversacion, you know that your income will be between 700 and 1000 euros a month, depending on where you’re assigned to teach.
What may be more important than your actual salary, however, is how it compares to the average salary where you will live. This will determine how comfortably you will live compared to other people in your city on your auxilar income alone.
My name is Melissa, and I love teaching English abroad. Why? For me, teaching is a natural extension of a love of learning, and teaching English abroad allows me to really see the world—not just on holidays or in retirement.
Maybe you’re a teacher yourself, but your summers never seem long enough and your budgets never stretch far enough. Or perhaps you’re thinking about becoming a teacher, but you’re not sure if it’s really for you. Maybe you have no idea what to do, and you’re looking to spend a year or two learning about yourself. All of these are great reasons to try teaching English abroad.