Details
Demand
High
Busiest
Mar-Dec
Currency
$
Argentinean Pesos (ARS)
Contract
9-12 months
Normally
Taxes
Moderate
- Summary
- As the country continues to recover from its economic crash, the TEFL market is flourishing.
- Main TEFL regions
- Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Mendoza, Cordoba, Santa Fe, Salta, La Plata
- Types of teaching
- In-company: General English, Business English
Language institutes (culturas): General & Business English - Accommodation
- You will usually have to arrange accommodation for yourself. Unless you want to pay tourist prices, many rental agencies will request a local guarantor, but this is almost impossible when you first arrive.
- You can get around this by finding house-shares with other teachers, in which case you’ll pay about 750 Pesos (US$250) per month.
- Flight reimbursement
- It’s rare but if you don’t ask, you don’t get!
- Salary
- Pay ranges from 15-20 Pesos per hour, which translates to 1,500-2,000 Pesos (US$500-660) each month. Pay is commensurate with your qualifications and experience.
- Taxes
- On a teacher’s salary, you’ll pay about 11-13% of your earnings as income tax.
- Cost of living
- Your apartment will be by far your biggest expense as, other than that, the cost of living is low.
- Bus fares cost less than US$0.25 within city limits, a bottle of beer is about US$1 and one of the famous steaks starts at US$3.50
- Potential to save money
- If you get a well-paid job, you should be able to save enough money to travel around Argentina in your spare time, but you won’t be taking much back home with you.
- How much TEFL training is recommended?
- It’s possible to get a job here without either a degree or a TEFL certificate. However, you’ll seriously dent your earning potential by not having a recognized TEFL qualification, such as those offered by i-to-i.
- Common teaching conditions
- If you can get a full-time contract, you’ll be teaching for 25 hours per week. However, it can be difficult to get enough hours and you may end up working for more than one school.
- Many schools work on a split-shift pattern, with classes early in the morning and later in the evening, so you’ll have lots of spare time during the day.
Be aware
Although it’s a much safer country than we’re often led to believe, be careful in certain areas (La Boca, Constitucion, Av Florida) late at night.
