This table illustrates secondary/high school teachers’ incomes in Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Korea, and Japan in 2009. Units are in US dollar.
In essence, Luxembourg had the highest salary in average, followed by Denmark, Korea, Japan, and the lowest salary was Australia. While the country which required the longest time to have the maximum income was Korea, and Denmark took the shortest time to reach the top salary.
Regarding the starting income, Luxembourg had the highest income of US$80000, which was significantly higher than other countries. In contrast, Japan had the lowest starting point of salary, which is US$28000.
Besides, Korea took 37 years to reach the top salary of US$84500, which was the longest time to reach the second highest maximum salary. While Luxembourg required 30 years to have the highest salary of US$139000. Compared to the other countries, although Denmark only needed the shortest time, 8 years, to reach the final income of US$54000, the income was the second lowest.
