The given table illustrates the salaries for secondary and high school teachers in 5 different countries (Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Korea and Japan) in 2009.
Looking from a general perspective, it is readily apparent that teachers in Luxembourg earned comparatively higher than all other countries, similar to Korea and Japan, it required a long to get maximum salary. However, wages in other nations such as Australia and Denmark required little amount of experience.
In Luxembourg, the starting salary was $80,000 each year, considerably higher than Denmark ($47,000), and any other country, which accounted for loosely around $30,000. The annual salary of Luxembourg reached $112,000 and tutors from other nations had tightly around $50,000.
In terms of maximum salaries, Luxembourg is again the highest with the rate of $139,000, but in this category Korea was the second ($84,500), followed by Japan ($62,400), Denmark ($54,000), and Australia ($34,600). The time needed to earn these figures was longest in Korea, Japan, and Luxembourg at 37, 34, and 30 years, respectively. In comparison, mentors were only required to work 8 and 9 years in Denmark and Australia in order to achieve their top salaries.