The chart below shows the salaries of secondary/high school teachers in 2009. Describe the main features of the figures.

The table illustrates information about secondary school

teachers

’ salaries in five different

countries

in 2009.

Overall

,

teachers

in Luxembourg starting their job were paid the highest

salary

compared with the remaining nations,

whereas

the lowest earning was recorded by

teachers

in

Australia

. Another noticeable point is that

Australia

and

Denmark

were the two

countries

that had to wait for the lowest number of

years

to reach the maximum

salary

. Looking first at the beginning and after 15

years

of

salary

, the

salary

of

teachers

in Luxembourg occupied the first position, with the former being $80.000 and the latter being $119.000. Followed by

Denmark

with $45.000 per year for junior

teachers

,

then

15

years

of experience were paid $45.000.

Additionally

, the

salary

of

teachers

in Japan, Korea, and

Australia

who started their job with no experience was much lower than the figures for all

countries

, just $34.000, $30.000, and $28.000, respectively.

While

figures for Luxembourg, Japan, and Korea

also

witnessed an upward promotion of the maximum

salary

that

teachers

after a long-term teaching period can be received, the opposite was true for

Denmark

and

Australia

.

Last

but not least, it only took

teachers

in

Australia

and

Denmark

less than 10

years

to receive their maximum

salary

,

while

teachers

in the other

countries

had to wait for at least 30

years