The given table illustarates the salaries in US dollars of secondary teachers in five different countries, including Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Korea, and Japan, in 2009. From an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that teachers in Australia and Denmark spend less years than other three countries to achieve top salaries.
The data highlights that it usually takes 9 and 8 years for Australian and Denmark teachers to maximize their income, which starts from 34,600 to 48,000 and 47,000 to 54,000, respectively. Another noteworthy aspect is that teachers in Luxembourg earn the highest salary, with the minimum of 80,000. Moreover, after 15 years of working the income can increase to 112,000 and hit maximum at 139,000 after 30 years.
In Japan, teachers had the lowest starting salaries at 28,000 and the maximum of 62,000, which is more than Australia and Denmark, after 34 years. Additionally, in korea spend the longest amount of time to receive the maximum salary of 84,500.