{"id":227,"date":"2024-06-23T22:33:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-23T15:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/unskilled-jobs-for-foreigners-in-thailand\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T17:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:20:21","slug":"unskilled-jobs-for-foreigners-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/unskilled-jobs-for-foreigners-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Emplois non qualifi\u00e9s pour \u00e9trangers en Tha\u00eflande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Il peut \u00eatre difficile pour les \u00e9trangers de trouver des emplois non qualifi\u00e9s en Tha\u00eflande en raison des lois et du march\u00e9 du travail. Les \u00e9trangers doivent avoir un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/work-permit\/\">permis de travail<\/a> pour travailler l\u00e9galement en Tha\u00eflande, et certains emplois sont r\u00e9serv\u00e9s aux citoyens tha\u00eflandais. Les r\u00e8gles relatives aux permis de travail et aux opportunit\u00e9s d'emploi peuvent varier selon que le poste rel\u00e8ve du Bureau d'investissement (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/boi\/\">BOI<\/a>) ou un employeur ordinaire. Vous pourriez vous faire pi\u00e9ger par ces 4 grands obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\" id=\"Unskilled-Jobs-for-Foreigners-in-Thailand\"><img alt=\"Emplois non qualifi\u00e9s pour \u00e9trangers en Tha\u00eflande\" class=\"wp-image-10203 tlo-responsive-img\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Unskilled-Jobs-for-Foreigners-in-Thailand-1.png\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:400px;height:400px\" title=\"Emplois non qualifi\u00e9s pour \u00e9trangers en Tha\u00eflande\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-major-hurtles-unskilled-jobs-for-foreigners-in-thailand\">4 obstacles majeurs \u00e0 l&#039;emploi non qualifi\u00e9 pour les \u00e9trangers en Tha\u00eflande<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1-legal-requirements-and-restrictions\">1. Exigences et restrictions l\u00e9gales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les \u00e9trangers souhaitant travailler en Tha\u00eflande doivent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/work-permit-in-bangkok\/\">d\u00e9tenir un permis de travail<\/a>. La loi applicable est la <strong>D\u00e9cret d'urgence sur la gestion du travail des \u00e9trangers de B.E. 2560 (2017)<\/strong>, modifi\u00e9e en 2018, qui a remplac\u00e9 la loi sur le travail des \u00e9trangers de 2008. Une offre d'emploi est requise au pr\u00e9alable et l'employeur fait la demande de permis au nom du salari\u00e9 \u00e9tranger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Le point le plus difficile, et c'est tout l'objet de cette page, est que la plupart des emplois non qualifi\u00e9s sont ferm\u00e9s aux \u00e9trangers.<\/strong> En vertu de l'arr\u00eat\u00e9 du minist\u00e8re du Travail prescrivant les travaux interdits aux \u00e9trangers, pris en application de l'article 7 de ce d\u00e9cret d'urgence et publi\u00e9 au Journal officiel le 21 avril 2020 (vol. 137, partie sp\u00e9ciale 92 Ngor), <strong>travail de man\u0153uvre<\/strong> ET <strong>vente en boutique<\/strong> sont les deux seules entr\u00e9es de l'Annexe 4. La notification entre en vigueur soixante jours apr\u00e8s sa publication, soit le 21 juin 2020. La notification d\u00e9finit le travail de man\u0153uvre comme un travail effectu\u00e9 avec les mains, habituellement simple et dont l'\u00e9l\u00e9ment principal est la force physique, et la vente en boutique comme la vente dans des locaux de gros ou de d\u00e9tail, y compris un \u00e9tal ou un magasin sur un march\u00e9 ou au bord de la route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les travaux de l'annexe 4 sont autoris\u00e9s <strong>seulement<\/strong> lorsque l'\u00e9tranger a un employeur <strong>ET<\/strong> a \u00e9t\u00e9 admis en Tha\u00eflande dans le cadre d'un protocole d'accord entre le gouvernement tha\u00eflandais et un gouvernement \u00e9tranger. C'est la voie par laquelle la main-d'\u0153uvre migrante des pays voisins est employ\u00e9e l\u00e9galement ici. <strong>Un \u00e9tranger en Tha\u00eflande r\u00e9sidant sur une autre base ne peut pas se voir d\u00e9livrer un permis de travail pour du travail de man\u0153uvre en vertu de cette notification, peu importe ce qu'un employeur est pr\u00eat \u00e0 \u00e9crire.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D'autres travaux souvent consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme non qualifi\u00e9s sont totalement interdits en vertu de l'annexe 1, la seule annexe qui ne comporte aucune condition propre : la coiffure, la permanente et les soins de beaut\u00e9, la vente ambulante, le massage tha\u00eflandais, ainsi que le travail de bureau ou de secr\u00e9tariat figurent parmi ses vingt-sept entr\u00e9es. Lisez les entr\u00e9es elles-m\u00eames avant de conclure, car plusieurs comportent leurs propres exceptions expresses alors m\u00eame que l'annexe n'en pr\u00e9voit pas : la conduite est interdite mais le pilotage d'un vol international et la conduite d'un chariot \u00e9l\u00e9vateur sont except\u00e9s, le courtage est interdit mais le courtage dans le commerce ou l'investissement international est except\u00e9, et les services juridiques sont interdits mais l'exercice des fonctions d'arbitre est except\u00e9. Les d\u00e9finitions ont \u00e9galement leur importance ici. La notification d\u00e9finit le massage tha\u00eflandais comme l'examen, le diagnostic, la th\u00e9rapie, la pr\u00e9vention, la promotion de la sant\u00e9 et la r\u00e9adaptation utilisant les connaissances en mati\u00e8re de massage tha\u00eflandais <strong>en vertu de la loi sur les professions de la m\u00e9decine traditionnelle tha\u00eflandaise<\/strong>, donc ce qui est ferm\u00e9, c'est cette profession plut\u00f4t que tout type de massage ; et la d\u00e9finition du travail de esth\u00e9tique exclut express\u00e9ment les t\u00e2ches de soutien g\u00e9n\u00e9ral telles que la pr\u00e9paration et le nettoyage du mat\u00e9riel. Voir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/prohibited-jobs-for-foreigners-in-thailand\/\">emplois interdits aux \u00e9trangers en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> pour les quatre annexes et les conditions qui s'y rattachent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2-differences-in-employment-rules\">2. Diff\u00e9rences dans les r\u00e8gles d&#039;emploi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les r\u00e8gles d&#039;obtention d&#039;un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/work-permit-in-bangkok\/\">permis de travail<\/a> et les types d&#039;emplois accessibles aux \u00e9trangers peuvent varier consid\u00e9rablement selon l&#039;employeur. Les entreprises relevant du BOI b\u00e9n\u00e9ficient de r\u00e8gles plus souples et d&#039;incitations visant \u00e0 attirer l&#039;expertise et les investissements \u00e9trangers. Elles peuvent embaucher des employ\u00e9s \u00e9trangers plus facilement que les entreprises non affili\u00e9es au BOI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D'un autre c\u00f4t\u00e9, les employeurs ordinaires font face \u00e0 des quotas et \u00e0 des conditions plus stricts pour l'embauche d'\u00e9trangers, en particulier pour les postes non qualifi\u00e9s. Les centres d'appels emploient des locuteurs natifs du fran\u00e7ais, de l'italien et d'autres langues, mais \u00e0 de bas salaires, comme 25 000 bahts par mois. Il est vraiment difficile de trouver des emplois non qualifi\u00e9s pour les \u00e9trangers en Tha\u00eflande, car les Tha\u00eflandais peuvent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement les occuper. Mais je pense que vous pourriez avoir une opportunit\u00e9 en parlant une langue qu'ils ne parlent pas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"3-challenges-in-finding-unskilled-jobs-for-foreigners-in-thailand\">3. Les difficult\u00e9s rencontr\u00e9es par les \u00e9trangers pour trouver des emplois non qualifi\u00e9s en Tha\u00eflande.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S&#039;il est possible pour un \u00e9tranger de trouver un emploi non qualifi\u00e9 en Tha\u00eflande, cela est devenu de plus en plus difficile. Il y a vingt ans, enseigner l&#039;anglais \u00e9tait relativement facile, ne n\u00e9cessitant que peu de dipl\u00f4mes ou de licences. Aujourd&#039;hui, en revanche, les \u00e9coles et les instituts de langues sont plus exigeants et requi\u00e8rent souvent des qualifications formelles et des licences d&#039;enseignement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les emplois non qualifi\u00e9s dans des secteurs comme l&#039;h\u00f4tellerie et le commerce de d\u00e9tail sont \u00e9galement difficiles \u00e0 trouver. Les \u00e9trangers exigent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement des salaires plus \u00e9lev\u00e9s que leurs homologues tha\u00eflandais, ce qui les rend moins attractifs pour les employeurs pour ces postes. De plus, des emplois comme femme de m\u00e9nage, nounou ou ouvrier du b\u00e2timent sont souvent occup\u00e9s par des travailleurs migrants. Originaires de pays voisins comme le Cambodge, le Laos, le Myanmar et le Vietnam, ils sont pr\u00eats \u00e0 accepter des salaires plus bas et \u00e0 travailler dans des conditions qui pourraient \u00eatre inacceptables pour de nombreux Occidentaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"4-job-search-resources\">4. Ressources pour la recherche d&#039;emploi<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les personnes \u00e0 la recherche d&#039;un poste d&#039;enseignant peuvent grandement b\u00e9n\u00e9ficier de ressources telles que\u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajarn.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ajarn.com<\/a> et le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bangkok Post<\/a>. Ces sites web proposent des informations pr\u00e9cieuses et des offres d&#039;emploi. De plus, les plateformes en ligne et les groupes Facebook sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9s dans la recherche d&#039;emploi en Tha\u00eflande constituent d&#039;excellentes sources de pistes professionnelles et d&#039;opportunit\u00e9s de r\u00e9seautage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By leveraging these resources, aspiring educators can enhance their job search and connect with potential employers more effectively. Again, it is not common for foreigners to get an unskilled jobs in Thailand. Much of the low-paid work in massage, bars and restaurants is done by workers from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, many of them recruited under the government-to-government memorandums described above, and some working without permits. A low salary does not exempt anyone from the work permit requirement: working without one is an offence whatever the pay. If you come from a western country, finding an unskilled jobs for Foreigners in Thailand might be more difficult as you might expect the same salary as your own country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conclusion\">Conclusion<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In summary, most unskilled work is closed to a Western foreigner as a matter of law: general labouring and shop-front selling are open only to workers admitted under a government-to-government memorandum, and much else, from hairdressing to Thai massage and clerical work, is prohibited outright. Where a job is not on those schedules, securing it is still fraught with challenges. Legal restrictions, competitive salary expectations, and an influx of migrant workers from neighboring countries make it difficult for Westerners to find and accept unskilled work. However, with the right qualifications and persistence, opportunities, particularly in teaching, can still be found. Most young foreigners (under 40 yo) are English teachers, some work as diving instructors, and rare are the ones, besides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/\">nomades num\u00e9riques en Tha\u00eflande<\/a>, trouver une opportunit\u00e9 au pays du sourire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour le texte r\u00e9gissant, voir le <strong>D\u00e9cret d'urgence sur la gestion du travail des \u00e9trangers de B.E. 2560 (2017)<\/strong> et le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/prohibited-jobs-for-foreigners-in-thailand\/\">Avis du minist\u00e8re du Travail prescrivant les travaux interdits aux \u00e9trangers<\/a>. Pour les sanctions cons\u00e9cutives \u00e0 une infraction, voir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thailand-work-permit-penalties-in-thailand\/\">violations de permis de travail en Tha\u00eflande<\/a>. V\u00e9rifiez \u00e9galement les ressources fournies par <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/board-of-investment-in-thailand\/\">Bureau de l&#039;investissement (BOI)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!-- tlo-hublink-2026-08-16 -->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"tlo-hublink wp-block-paragraph\">La question de savoir si un poste est ouvert \u00e0 un \u00e9tranger est d\u00e9cid\u00e9e conjointement avec le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/work-permit-in-bangkok\/\">r\u00e8gles relatives au permis de travail<\/a>, et votre poste une fois employ\u00e9 est r\u00e9gis par <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-labour-law\/\">Le droit du travail tha\u00eflandais<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last reviewed: 5 September 2026. The legal section of this page was read in full against the primary instrument: the Ministry of Labour Notification prescribing work prohibited to foreigners, made under section 7 of the Emergency Decree on Managing the Work of Aliens B.E. 2560 as amended by (No. 2) B.E. 2561, and published in the Royal Gazette on 21 April 2020 at vol. 137, special part 92 Ngor. Everything the page said about the law was already correct and nothing was changed on that account. Checked against the notification itself: that general labouring and shop-front selling are the whole of Schedule 4 and are open only to a foreigner who has an employer and was admitted under a government-to-government memorandum, which is clause 5; the two definitions quoted, both of which match the notification word for word; and that haircutting, perming and beauty work, itinerant street vending, Thai massage, and clerical or secretarial work are all in Schedule 1, the last of these being entry 26, which is the one most often reported wrongly. What has been added is precision rather than correction: the Gazette reference, the sixty-day commencement, the size of the two schedules, the express carve-outs that three Schedule 1 entries carry, and the definitions of Thai massage and of beauty work, which are narrower than the job titles suggest. Not verified and not law: the salary observations, the remarks about which nationalities do which work, and the job-search resources, which are market commentary and are presented as such. Note also that the older Royal Decree of B.E. 2522 prescribing prohibited occupations, which is still what most sources reproduce, is not the governing instrument for this page. Re-read on 4 October 2026: two lines of market commentary that contradicted the legal section were corrected, the suggestion that a low salary explains working without a permit and the conclusion that unskilled work is technically available; the corpus holds no later amendment to the Emergency Decree than (No. 2) B.E. 2561.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It can be difficult for foreigners to find unskilled jobs for foreigners in Thailand because of the laws and job [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":617,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"unskilled jobs in thailand for foreigners","rank_math_title":"Unskilled Jobs for Foreigners in Thailand: Legal Rules","rank_math_description":"Which occupations are reserved for Thai nationals, what a foreigner may lawfully be employed to do, and how the work permit rules decide the answer.","rank_math_breadcrumb_title":"Unskilled Jobs in Thailand for Foreigners","rank_math_canonical_url":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9314,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions\/9314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}