answer:That really depends on where you apply. Some places are really fly-by-night. Generally, government sponsored programs pay about the median, and also take care of you. They definitely aren’t going to vanish overnight or leave you stranded in the country (so far as I know). The JET program for Japan pays, I think, 30k non-taxed and provides a place to live. That’s all I got. I have a friend who went, but didn’t go myself.