The table below gives information about salaries of secondary/high school teachers in five countries in 2009.

The table chart illustrates the income of

teachers

in secondary and high school in five particular countries (2009), detailing their starting

salary

, yearly

salary

, highest achievable

salary

and the number of

years

it takes to reach the highest

salary

. From an

overall

perspective, it can be seen clearly that

while

Luxembourg

teachers

had the highest

salary

,

teachers

in Australia received the lowest sum of money.

In addition

, the higher the maximum wages were, the longer time it took to reach these top

salaries

. Looking at the initial pay,

educators

in

Luxembourg

received a noticeably higher

salary

compared to others (80,000 US

dollars

/year), followed by Dennish

teachers

'

salaries

at 47.600

dollars

and Australian

teachers

'

salaries

(34.600

dollars

). After 8-9

years

, Australian and Dennish

educators

could reach their top

salaries

at 48,000$ and 54.000$ respectively. In general, after 15

years

, the compensation of

teachers

in all five countries ranged from approximately 48,000

dollars

to over 50,000

dollars

, and the wages for

Luxembourg

educators

were nearly two times higher than the average. After 15-year working, whilst the incomes of

teachers

in

Luxembourg

, Korea and Japan could increase more, the amount of money that

teachers

in Australia and Denmark received each year remained stable. Interestingly, to reach top

salaries

, Korean, Japanese and

Luxembourg

educators

had to work for around another 15

years

.