The easiest option I can think of is teaching English in an oil-rich Middle Eastern country. Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and other such boring rich places pay well. For instance, I saw one offer for someone with a MA in TESOL in Abu Dhabi. The details were:
$60,000 a year
No income tax
Appartment paid for
Airfare paid for
Health insurance paid for
Many of these wealthy middle eastern countries don't tax the salaries of an English teacher at all, so that is $60,000 directly to you.
The problem with this is that, it's awfully boring, and these whole societies are set up to prevent people from getting laid. As a result, many people blow all their money travelling to more fun locations, and end up with nothing to show for their stint their.
For me, I'm working in the U.S. making about $50,000 a year. After taxes and rent and health insurance, really I'm taking home abuot $30,000. And I live on that just fine.
Now if I was making 60,000 without having to pay taxes, rent, insurance, or anything like that, I would make it an explicit goal to bank $30,000 and live off the other $30,000.
Maybe it wouldn't work out exactly that way. Maybe I only bank 25 or 20k. But that's not too bad either.
What do you mean by FOB in Afghanistan?
What kind of work are you describing really?
$60,000 a year
No income tax
Appartment paid for
Airfare paid for
Health insurance paid for
Many of these wealthy middle eastern countries don't tax the salaries of an English teacher at all, so that is $60,000 directly to you.
The problem with this is that, it's awfully boring, and these whole societies are set up to prevent people from getting laid. As a result, many people blow all their money travelling to more fun locations, and end up with nothing to show for their stint their.
For me, I'm working in the U.S. making about $50,000 a year. After taxes and rent and health insurance, really I'm taking home abuot $30,000. And I live on that just fine.
Now if I was making 60,000 without having to pay taxes, rent, insurance, or anything like that, I would make it an explicit goal to bank $30,000 and live off the other $30,000.
Maybe it wouldn't work out exactly that way. Maybe I only bank 25 or 20k. But that's not too bad either.
Quote: (01-01-2013 11:53 AM)Dulceácido Wrote:
To someone who has never been forward deployed, it sounds counter-intuitive, but you really are much safer on a FOB in Afghanistan than you are in urban areas of most large cities.
What do you mean by FOB in Afghanistan?
What kind of work are you describing really?