The table compares salaries among high school teachers in Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Korea and Japan in 2009. Salaries in USD.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that the highest yearly salary was noticed in Luxembourg, while the lowest one in Australia. However, the lowest starting point was in Japan. In comparison to Australia and Denmark, much more years taken to reach the maximum level in salary were in Asian countries and Luxembourg.
In terms of the income range from the starting point to the ceiling of the salary, in Australia and Denmark income scales were narrower than in other countries, spanning from 34,600 to 48,000 in Australia and from 47,000 to 54,000 in Denmark, while the income range in Luxembourg, Korea and Japan was considerably broader with figures went from 80,000 to 139,000 in Luxembourg, salary scale in Korea was of 30,500 to 84,500 and in Japan the numbers was accounted for 28,000 to 62,400.
As for salary per year, the highest figure was in Luxembourg and consisted of 112,000, the lowest was registered in Australia with 48,000. High school teachers in Korea and Denmark earned a relatively similar amount of money per year with 52,600 in Korea and 54,000 in Denmark. The yearly salary in Japan was 49,000.
Although teachers in Australia and Denmark spent less than 10 years to reach the top salary, 9 years in Australia and 8 years in Denmark, it took more than 30 years for teachers in secondary school in Luxembourg, Korea and Japan to reach the higher bound of income: 30 years it took in Luxembourg, 34 years in Japan and the leader in years spent to hit the ceiling of salary was Korea with 37 years.