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Old 3rd February 2005, 09:25   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Loner
Its true most doctors could survive on 20-40K here, but its likely that most would not want to! Doctors in Govt hospitals get the regular govt salary, but they have nice houses and cars. They make their real money in the evenings with their private practices (such as a plastic surgeon friend of mine). Many can make several hundred thousand baht a month depending on how much work they get and the type of work they do. Same applies to dentists. Their govt jobs will just provide a bit of a pension when they retire.
True in some cases, certainly not all. Regardless, the 40K ajarn still gets double a Pharmacist, three times what some nurses gets, four times mot receptionists. Does the teacher back home get double a pharmacists wage? I don't think so.

Again, so long as you don't have the burden of property...as most Thai's don't due to the family structure...an ajarns salary is quite a decent amount contextually.
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