The table illustrates the differences in the annual income of secondary and high school teachers in five distinct nations measured in 2009.
It is clear that teachers in Luxembourg enjoy the highest remuneration, while the figure for Denmark witnessed a shortest time to reach the highest pay scale.
Evidently, the pay rate of senior teachers in Luxembourg topped the list at the starting, at 80,000US$, after 15 years, with a final increase to 112,000US$, making it still the country with the highest salary. A similar pattern could be seen for the figures for Korea and Japan, which went up from 30,500US$ and 28,000US$ to 52,600US$ and 49,000US$ respectively during the 15-year period. The rise in the annual income of teachers in Australia was double the figure for Denmark, 13,400US$ and 7,000US$ appropriately at the end of the surveyed year.
The gap regarding their maximum rates was much more noticeable. Senior teachers in Australia and Denmark took under 10 years to reach top salaries, which rose to 48,000US$ and 54,000US$ after 9 years and 8 years respectively. Meanwhile, teachers in Luxembourg and in Japan need to work about 30 years and 34 years to receive the highest wage at 139,000US$ and 62,000US$. The pattern was different for teachers in the remaining country, Korea, where more than 35 years of experience was required to reach the top pay rates, at 84,500US$.