The table illustrates secondary and high school teachers’ earnings in Australia, Denmark, Luxembourg, Japan and Korea in 2009.

The table compares the compensation of high school educators in five different countries in the year 2009. The figure provides their salaries at the beginning, the values 15

years

after,

as well as

their highest and the achievement duration. In general,

teachers

in European countries were paid the highest amount at the start, especially Luxembourg which stayed as the highest-paying country in all times.

On the contrary

, Australia was the least-paying country for secondary

teachers

.

In addition

, Asian countries were continuously placed in the middle of another.

First,

Luxembourg already began the wage at 80.000 and maintained at the top with around 40.000 rises in 15

years

before reaching the peak at 132.000 in another 15

years

.

Secondly

, Denmark which started at 45.000 was unchanged after increasing to 54.000 in the first 15

years

. In the same way, Australia was

also

stable at 48.000 after rising from 28.000 at the origin.

Thirdly

, the

teachers

in Japan received 34.000 at first and

then

almost doubled after 15

years

before finishing nearly three-fold as the runner-up for the maximum income even though it took the longest (37

years

). Meanwhile, Korean

teachers

' earnings grew only two times in 34

years

.