The table depicts data about the yearly salaries of teachers in secondary school in various countries in 2009 and shows that the starting and top salary for the teachers in Luxembourg had the greatest amount.
It is clearly seen that the teachers in Luxembourg had the highest salary which took a shorter time than in Korea to reach top salary. The starting salary for the former was $80,000 and the average salary afte 15 year was $112,000, compared to Korea which was $30,500 and 52,000 respectively. In addition to this, the maximum salary in Luxembourg was far higher at $139,000, which was the highest salary among all nations given and it was token 30 years to reach the top salary. In contrast, the teachers in Korea had to took 37 years to reach the maximum salary at $84,000 which was the second highest salary.
Denmark and Australia had the lowest maximum salaries but they took shortest time to reach the top salary. The teachers in Australian took 9 years to reach top salary from $34,000 to $48,000 which was the lowest ending salaries. However, the teacher in Denmark took the shortest time only 8 year to upgrade salary from 47,000 to 54,000, but this amount was the second lowest salary among the countries given.
In contrast, the salary for teachers in Japan had the lowest amount at the beginning. The salary started at $28,000, but it reached to maximum $62,400 within 34 years which was the third highest salary.
