JobThai salary: “based on experience” vs a published THB band — 7 questions before you resign

JobThai “based on experience” vs a THB band — 7 written questions on base, OT, dorm, permit & offer before you resign.

Many JobThai cards for interpreter / safety / coordinator roles show “Based on experience”, “Based on company’s structure”, or Negotiable — with no THB figure. Other cards publish a clear band (for example JOINHANDS Chinese–Burmese interpreter — 20,000–40,000 THB on JobThai). Neither line means you should resign today. This page is a practical checklist of 7 questions to ask (and get in writing) before you leave your current job. It is not salary advice, not a negotiation script from MMKHub, and not a promise that any employer will answer every item.

Browse live openings on the MMKHub jobs board, then open the official JobThai URL on each post. Pair with Apply safely on JobThai as a Myanmar interpreter.

“Based on experience” vs a published THB band

What the card shows	What it usually means	What you still must confirm
Based on experience / structure / negotiable	No public monthly figure — HR will discuss after CV / interview	Monthly base, OT, deductions, dorm/food, permit who pays
Published band (e.g. 20,000–40,000 THB)	Public range on JobThai — often where offers start talking	Where you sit in the band, and what is base vs allowance

A published band is not a signed offer. A “based on experience” card is not automatically lower — it is just opaque until you get numbers in writing.

7 questions before you resign

Ask these on JobThai Trust Mail / platform chat / email that is on the same JobThai card, or in a recorded interview follow-up. Keep screenshots.

1. What is the monthly base salary — and what is OT?

Is the figure on the card (or in the voice note) base only, or “expected take-home”?
What is the OT rate (per hour / multiplier) and when OT is approved?
Is there a guaranteed OT amount, or is OT optional / production-dependent?

2. What deductions come off every payday?

Social Security / tax / union / “savings” schemes
Uniform, tools, or “training deposit” (get the refund rule in writing)
Any other monthly cut that is not on the JobThai card

3. Dorm / food / shuttle — included, allowance, or deducted?

Free dorm vs rent deducted from salary
Food: free canteen, coupon, or daily deduction
Shuttle: free, fee, or self-commute (some cards say self-commute only)

4. Work permit / visa — who files, who pays?

Does the company sponsor the work permit and stay stamp for this seat?
Who pays DOE / Immigration / medical / document fees?
What happens to your permit if you resign during probation?

5. How long is probation, and what changes after it?

Probation length (e.g. 119 days) and pay during probation
Whether the published band / verbal figure applies from day one or only after probation
Notice period if either side ends the contract early

6. Is the offer a written letter / email, or only a voice note / LINE chat?

Ask for company letterhead or Trust Mail confirmation of base, start date, and location
If answers stay as voice notes with no written follow-up — slow down before you resign
Never pay a broker “placement fee” to unlock a verbal salary

7. How does this offer compare to other live public bands?

Example on our board today: JOINHANDS Chinese–Burmese interpreter, Rayong — 20,000–40,000 THB (JobThai 1939779)
Another public band: Oakwood-Elan Chinese–Burmese interpreter, Plaeng Yao — 20,000–30,000 THB (JobThai 1971348)
Cards with no band (e.g. Unimicron Safety Officer — Burmese, Bang Pakong — “Based on experience”) need the same written checklist before you quit — see jobs board

Use public bands only as orientation, not as a promise that you will get the top of the range.

Quick red flags (salary edition)

Closed JobThai URL + “salary higher if you apply on LINE instead”
Figure far above the public band with no written offer
“Pay us a placement fee first, then we tell you the real salary”
Refusal to use Trust Mail / platform Apply; only personal transfer accounts
Voice-note-only answers on base, OT, and work-permit fees

မြန်မာအကျဉ်း (Myanmar summary)

JobThai ကတ်များစွာတွင် လစာကို “Based on experience” သာ ရေးထားပြီး THB ဂဏန်း မပါတတ်ပါ။ တချို့ကတ်တွင်မူ 20,000–40,000 THB ကဲ့သို့ အများပြည်သူ band ဖော်ပြထားသည်။ နှစ်မျိုးလုံးသည် လက်မှတ်ထိုးထားသော offer မဟုတ်ပါ။ လက်ရှိအလုပ်ထွက်မည့်အခါ အောက်ပါအချက်များကို စာဖြင့် အတည်ပြုပါ—

1. လစဉ် base နှင့် OT တွက်ပုံ
2. လစဉ် ဖြတ်တောက်မှုများ (Social Security၊ အခွန်၊ အပိုကြေး)
3. အဆောင် / စားစရိတ် / ကား — အခမဲ့လား၊ ဖြတ်လား
4. အလုပ်ပါမစ် / ဗီဇာ — ကုမ္ပဏီက စီစဉ်/ပေးချေမလား
5. စမ်းသပ်ကာလ (probation) နှင့် ယင်းအပြီး လစာပြောင်းမလား
6. Offer ကို စာ/အီးမေးလ် ရမလား၊ အသံမှတ်တမ်း/LINE သာလား
7. အခြား JobThai band များနှင့် နှိုင်းယှဉ်ပြီး မိမိအတွက် လက်ခံနိုင်မလား

အသေးစိတ် အင်္ဂလိပ်အပိုင်းနှင့် JobThai ဘေးကင်းစွာ လျှောက်ရန်၊ အလုပ်ဘုတ် ကို တွဲဖတ်ပါ။

MMKHub disclaimer: Info only. We do not negotiate salaries, place workers, or guarantee any JobThai figure. Confirm every pay item with the employer on the official listing. MMKHub is not a recruitment agency, not the employer, and not a remittance / FX desk.