Yes! You can certainly earn a living as an online TEFL teacher. How much you earn will be determined by how many hours you teach per day / week as well as your rate of pay.

Newly qualified TEFL teacher with no experience typically earn the lower end of the pay scale however this will change quickly once some experience has been gained.

One of the best ways to maximize your TEFL salary is to explore teaching niche areas of English language, such as for specific job roles or exams. Or to focus on certain skills such as accent reduction.

Working as an online TEFL teacher pays well as a career or side job. Typically a newly qualified first-time online TEFL teacher will earn $10 – $20, with experience this will quickly rise.

To maximize your hourly rate as an online TEFL teacher you can specialize in teaching English for a specific purpose such as passing an exam, specialized vocabulary such as legal or medical, or accent neutralization.

If you teach a niche topic of English and have some experience under your belt you can charge upwards of $25 – $40+ per hour.

The two main options for being a TEFL teacher online are to either work for a company or to register on a freelance teaching platform.

You can find lists of online teaching companies on our jobs board, in our blog articles as well job listing websites like www.tefl.com.

Freelance platforms include italki, Cambly and Preply to name just a few. TEFL teachers simply set up an online profile listing your skills, specialist topics, niche areas as well as their availability and lesson fees.