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Working in Thailand as a non-Thai national normally means taking up an English teaching position. Even though there are well paid English teaching jobs in institutions like Thammasat or Chulalongkorn, the vast majority of such posts offer little pay.

As a matter of fact, don’t expect a leading wage for any highly skilled job, teaching or not. It does sound all bad, but actually if you aspire to live in the Land of Smiles for an extended period of time, such low salaries aren’t a worry since the cost of living is very low in Thailand, the infrastructure is arguably the best in South East Asia, it’s a friendly and safe country, and there’s still every opportunity to advance your career and acquire some useful work experience.

However there is a hidden problem that slowly shows itself after some time: you’ve been living in the Land of Smiles for 1 or 2 years, and you’ve gained decent work experience, your pay isn’t great, but so what : things are cheap in Thailand so that’s OK. HOWEVER, do you know what’s coming next? : You’ve not been able to actually BANK money while working in Thailand. The cost of air tickets look ridiculously over-priced in comparison to your salary in Thailand. The cost of living back home gets to scare you when thinking about your Thai salary. This problem hits a lot of non-Thai nationals in Thailand a year or so after arriving there. Lasting plans can often be delayed because you don’t have the nest egg of money to realise any ambition like buying a home, purchasing a car, or getting married.

So, important point : when considering staying in Thailand, it’s smart to also consider that it is incredibly difficult to save meaningful amounts of hard cash when considering the cost of living of “back home”.

Yet, not everything revolves around money, does it? You can have a great time in Thailand, perhaps learn the Thai language, make new friends, travel around the country when you have time off work, and acquire some precious work experience.

So what sort of jobs can you secure in the Land of Smiles? Looking at jobs-quality.com - a site listing job positions in and around the Bangkok and Chonburi areas of Thailand - they have listed HR jobs in Thailand, Admin work placements, sales executive job positions, safety officer job positions etc. Essentially the sort of positions you’d discover in your home country. While most of these placements may be looking for a Thai national who speaks Thai, you will still find English-speaking requirements for work placements within many international companies based in Thailand.