The table displays data regarding the earnings of high school teachers in 2009 among different countries: Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Korea and Japan.
Lookin from an overall perspecive, it is readily apparent that Luxembourg is the highest-paying country, whereas Australia is the nation with the lowest salary per year. Moreover, in Australia and Denmark it takes notably less time to reach the top salary compared to the other countries.
Regarding the lowest-paying nations, Australia, Korea and Japan demonstrated a starting salary of 34.600, 30.500, and 28.000 dollars, respectively. Despite the small starting salary, Korea held the maximum earnings among these three, at 84.500 dollars after 37 years, with an average salary per year of 52.600 dollars. Australia and Japan, instead, had a maximum salary of 48.000 and 62.400 dollars and an average salary per year of 48.000 and 52.600, respectively. However, it takes only 9 years in Australia to reach the maximum pay, compared to Japan’s 34.
On the other hand, new teachers in Luxembourg and Denmark earned 80.000 and 47.000 dollars, respectively. Luxembourg was the top-paying country overall, since a professional is expected to reach a salary of almost 140.000 dollars after 30 years. In contrast, a Danish teacher is expected to earn up to 54.000 dollars after 9 yers, the second lowest figure in that category.
