" ......How much do farangs make in Bangkok? English teachers, and other occupations? A farang in a sauna who teaches English told me that it's very hard to get a work permit for other than an English teaching job--unless you get into a big international company (Thailand does not want farangs taking up jobs in Thailand)."
1. As ICON rightly pointed out, getting the work permit is not difficult, getting a good position is difficult, and you must have a contract of employment before you and your employer can apply for your work permit.
2. Salary for farangs? How long is a piece of string? Depends on the outputs expected from the job and the knowlegde, skills and experience needed. I'm aware of farang paid up to around 250,000BAht a month after tax, and maybe there are farang being paid even higher. These amounts are rare, for jobs where the person is seen as one of perhaps a very small handfull of world experts in very complex engineeering fields, etc.
English teachers? Again, how long is a piece of string, salary in this job varies enormously, perhaps at the low end mickey mouse schools just 20,000 a month and perhaps also without a work permit, and perhaps no guaranteed salary at all.
Highly qualified / highly experience English tutors in Thai universities can earn well over 100,000Baht a month but many universities expect a masters degree in English and in teaching English, some even require a Ph.D. Usually comes with a small guaranteed salary and work permit, with additional teaching hours which can quite lucrative.
3. Like pretty much all countries, Thailand has a list of occupations which must be filled by Thai nationals and foreigners are not allowed to work in these occupations.
4. Go to Thaivisa.com/forum and explore the comprehensive threads there on this subject.
5 "(Thailand does not want farangs taking up jobs in Thailand)." Why do you say that?
Where did you get this gem?
There are in fact several hundred thousand foreigners (Caucasians, Singaporeans, Chinese, Japanese, French, Germans, etc., etc.) working in Thailand and most probably have a work permit, because working without a work permit is definitely not advisable.
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