The table shows the average salaries in US dollars in five countries at different stages until achieving the maximum salary.

The table gives information about the teachers' salaries in five countries with different working experiences in 2009. The units are measured in US dollars.

Overall

,

it is clear that

Australia and Chile had the lowest number of

years

to reach maximum wages,

whereas

the people in Luxembourg, Japan, and South Korea should had long employment histories to achieve maximum salaries.

To begin

with, Australia and Chile had a similar starting point at $46,000-$47,000. Notably, the number of

years

in terms of working experience in both countries shared an almost identical statistic in the range of 8 - 9

years

.

Additionally

, it can be seen that the wage after 15

years

of service and the maximum remuneration that the teachers in both countries could get

also

had the same amount of money.

However

, there was a small difference in those categories between Australia and Chile, which accounted for $64,000 and $56,000 respectively.

On the contrary

, the people in Luxembourg and Japan achieved the highest amount of initial salaries. They

also

got the biggest maximum stipend, which accounted for more than $125,000.

However

, they needed to acquire more than 25

years

of working time (30

years

for Luxembourg and 37

years

for Japan).

On the other hand

, South Korea became the country with the lowest total salary. It only started at $23,000 and had only $43,000 as the maximum payment.

Additionally

, the teachers in South Korea should have 25

years

of employment history to gain the maximum salary.