Learn how to save money whilst teaching in China when finding a teaching position through HiredinChina. Whether you want to save, travel or live a life of luxury, you can still save money. Below we’ve detailed three spending patterns, how the tax system works and what life could be like for certified teachers.
For these three pillars, we are going to show you how three different types of people that have found a position through HiredinChina can have a fantastic time in China teaching whilst saving money. We have taken the average salary on our website of 22,000RMB a month and broken down the monthly costs. We have three personalities to illustrate our example, ‘Saver Sally’, ‘Traveler Tom’ and ‘Spender Simon’.
Saver Sally has come to China to take the opportunity of the extremely low living costs whilst fully knowing that the average income in China is around 4,000RMB, less than a fifth of what she’ll be earning when she’s teaching. She likely to explore the culture of her local city, eat out with friends locally and use the metro to travel to work.
Traveller Tom is about exploring Asia and wants to see something new every weekend. He’ll use Etravel Club on the weekends and fly somewhere for the national holidays. His focus is on travelling, so he’ll be saving like Saver Sally, only eating out a few times a week.
Spender Simon wants the highest living conditions available, spending nearly triple the national average on accommodation and monthly expenses combined. Fine dining, hotels in major cities, travelling, and shopping at international supermarkets for imported produce are things Spender Simon allocates his finances to.
22,000rmb/month
Income Tax: 3,295
Living Expenses: 2,500
Renting & Bills: 3,000
Commuting to Work: 100
Sim Card: 65
Travelling: 1,000
One Month's Savings: 12,040
Total Yearly Savings:
This is approximately £16,000 or 21,000USD
22,000rmb/month
Income Tax: 3,295
Living Expenses: 3,00
Renting & Bills: 3,500
Commuting to Work: 100
Sim Card: 65
Travelling: 5,000
One Month's Savings: 7,040
Total Yearly Savings:
This is approximately £9,600 or 12,200USD
22,000rmb/month
Income Tax: 3,295
Living Expenses: 6,000
Renting & Bills: 5,000
Commuting to Work: 900
Sim Card: 160
Travelling: 3,500
One Month's Savings: 3,145
Total Yearly Savings:
This is approximately £4,300 or 5,400USD
Regardless of your earnings, 4,800RMB of your monthly salary is exempt from being taxed. From there, China’s government uses a progressive scheme that increases the percentage of your tax the higher your monthly salary. Take a look at the chart and examples below to get a better understanding.
Here are two examples to help you understand the calculations needed to work out your income tax:
Example 1: Monthly income 20,000RMB, tax rate 25%, specific counting 1005. Tax= ((20,000-4800)*.25)-1005
Example 2: Monthly income 13,000RMB, tax rate 20%, specific counting 555. Tax= ((13,000-4800)*.2)-555
We offer a variety of roles that offer the earning potential of up to 31,000RMB monthly for certified teachers who are licensed in their own country. If you were to consider the same spending habits for the three pretend people highlighted above, Saver Sally would save 225,000/yr, Traveller Tom would 165,000/yr and Spender Simon 118,000/yr.