P.I.C. - Education

Teachers' Salaries in Upper Secondary Education, Selected Countries, 2003 Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in upper secondary (senior high school) education, general programs, in equivalent U.S. dollars converted using PPPs1; ranked by starting salaries.
Country	Starting salary	Salary with15 years' experience	Salary at top of scale
Luxembourg	64,416	80,520	111,910
Switzerland	52,572	67,355	80,706
Germany	42,881	52,570	54,928
Spain	34,614	40,231	49,712
Finland	34,374	42,139	42,139
Belgium (Fl.)	33,588	48,485	58,279
Belgium (Fr.)	32,395	47,193	56,925
Denmark	32,331	45,425	45,425
Netherlands	31,492	57,647	63,586
United States	30,471	44,120	52,745
Norway	29,719	35,541	36,806
Australia	28,865	42,078	42,078
England	28,608	41,807	41,807
Scotland	27,223	43,363	43,363
Korea	27,092	46,518	74,843
Sweden	26,278	30,934	35,610
France	26,035	34,010	48,957
Austria	25,776	35,670	54,139
Italy	25,602	32,186	40,058
Ireland	25,295	40,514	45,910
Japan	24,514	45,543	59,055
Iceland	24,159	29,641	31,433
Greece	22,990	26,006	33,859
Tunisia	20,320	20,511	22,960
Portugal	20,150	33,815	53,085
New Zealand	18,132	35,078	35,078
India	17,313	22,977	27,381
Czech Republic	16,817	20,259	25,968
Brazil²	15,494	17,669	17,908
Malaysla²	13,480	23,029	29,151
Jamaica	13,354	16,520	16,520
Hungary	13,286	18,463	24,185
Paraguay²	12,400	12,400	12,400
Israel	12,331	15,128	21,054
Turkey	11,952	13,630	15.900
Chile	11,709	14,306	19,302
Phillpplnes²	9,890	10,916	11,756
Argentina²	9,459	13,264	15,929
Poland	6,257	9,462	10,354
Thailand	6,048	14,862	28,345
Slovak Republic	5,771	7,309	9,570
Peru²	5,606	5,606	5,606
Uruguay²	5,278	6,241	7,444
Sri Lanka	3,945	5,073	5,073
Indonesia	1,042	1,910	3,022
NA = Not available. (1) Purchasing power parities (PPPs) are the rates of currency conversion that equalize the purchasing power of different currencies by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries. (2) Year of reference 2002.