In Namibia, the average teacher earns between $150 and $300 a month. The salary range is wide, but many preschool teachers are not earning enough to support a family.
About 20% of teachers earn less than $100 per month, while another 20% earn over $400.
The median salary for preschool teachers in Namibia is about $150 per month, with lower and upper bounds of about $75 and $300, respectively. However, these numbers are the result of an extremely wide range of salaries: 20% earn less than $100 per month and another 20% earn over $400. This wide salary range is typical of developing countries with low costs of living: even if you make more money in Namibia than you would elsewhere in Africa or Asia, it’s still not much by international standards.
The situation changes when we take into account Namibia’s high cost of living—the highest among African nations at 44%. In this case, your salary will be closer to what you might expect from an American teacher or school administrator making less than 50k a year—$200-$250k annually would be reasonable (though still far below what a local would make).
The salary range is wide, but many preschool teachers are not earning enough to support a family.
If preschool teacher wants to earn enough money to support a family, it’s important for them to consider extra ways of making money. For example, many teachers teach extra classes on the weekends and in the evenings. Additionally, some teachers choose to live in areas where rent is cheap so that they can save more of their salary for food and other expenses.