“Most professional jobs in Thailand start at 150,000baht per month”

Complete and utter nonsense. Obviously this is not true for Thais and it is also not true for foreigners. This week I signed a contract with a consultant with a PhD from Oxford that was under the figure quoted by DD, who obviously feels the need to belittle teachers to boost his own puny ego.

I have hired Westerners, young professions, for professional positions at local salary scales, which around what ESL teachers make. I have also in past worked as a “manager” for wages based on local wage scales which did not reach the salary DD mentioned.

Sure there are people you make good expat wages (Count me as one these days), but if you are not sent here for a multinational company or other large international organization, chances are your starting salary will be closer to a middle class Thais than 150,000 Baht a month.