The chart compares the wages of junior and senior high school teachers between five countries in 2009.
Overall, Luxembourg offered the greatest amount of both starting and maximum salaries while the opposite could be said for Australia. In terms of years requiring to reach top salary, Japan expressed the longest period while Denmark showed the shortest years.
In 2009, the secondary school teachers in Luxembourg recieved $80,000 at the start of their career. After 15 years, their salaries would be increased up to $119,000. However, the high school teachers in Australia earned relatively low wages compared to those in Luxembourg, with starting income of only $28,000, rising to $48,000 after 15 years of experience. Other nations mentioned in the table offered mediocre salaries to their teachers both in the beginning and after 15 years into the carrer.
Despite Luxembourg’s teachers had the opportunity to reach maximum salary of $132,000, they still required 30 years job experience. Those in Japan also needed 37 years to attain maximum payment of $86,000. However in Denmark and Australia, only 8 and 9 years were required for the teachers to obtain their top salaries.
