Looking at the illustration, it is immediately evident that the salary of Luxembourg’s teachers recorded the highest figure throughout the period, whereas the opposite was true for Australia. Of course, most salaries surveyed showed an overall upward trend.
In 2009, Luxembourg’s wages for teachers dominated the charts at $80,000, which was nearly double the figure for Denmark. The amount of lecturers’ earnings in Australia ranked third at approximately $34,000, followed by Korea’s teacher salaries at around $30,000, while the figure for Japan came in last at $28,000.
Concerning the salaries of teachers in the five countries after 15 years, the payment structure for educators in Luxembourg still experienced exponential growth and reached a peak of around $112,000. The salary for teachers in Denmark still held second place at $54,000, whereas the three countries — Korea, Japan, and Australia — also shared the lowest position at around $50,000.
In addition, despite some fluctuations, the maximum income earned by educators in Australia and Denmark was only equal to their salary after 15 years. However, the notable point is that those two countries take only about 8-9 years to reach the highest salary in the career, while the rest of the countries take 30-37 years to reach their maximum salary.