The table below compares the income of secondary and high school teachers in five particular countries : Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Japan and Korea in 2009.

The table below compares the

income

of secondary and high school

teachers

in five particular countries :

Australia

,

Denmark

,

Luxembourg

,

Japan

and

Korea

in 2009.

Overall

, the

salary

rate

in these five nations observed an upward trend over the period of 15

years

.

While

Luxembourg

teachers

earned the highest

income

,

this

figure for

Australia

accounted for the lowest number. In the starting stage,

teachers

from

Australia

and

Denmark

were paid 28,000 and 45,000 respectively. After 15-year experience, Australian lecturers could achieve the maximum

salary

rate

(48,000) and took nine

years

to reach the top

salary

. Meanwhile, the

income

of

Denmark

teachers

began at 45,000 and increased steadily by 9,000 in the next 15

years

. Eight

years

are adequate for

teachers

from

Denmark

to get the top

salary

. The

salary

rate

of

teachers

from

Luxembourg

started at 80,000 followed by two countries from Asia :

Japan

and

Korea

, at 34,000 and 30,000 respectively. After 15

years

,

teachers

'

income

in

Luxembourg

increased sharply to 119,000 and

this

figure for

Japan

and

Korea

also

witnessed a rapid growth of 31,000 and 18,000 respectively.

While

Australia

and

Denmark

took less than 10

years

to reach the top

salary

, these three countries spent more than 30

years

to achieve the top

rate

(

Luxembourg

with 30

years

,

Japan

with 37

years

and

Korea

with 34

years

).