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

The table compares the

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of tutors who worked in secondary or high schools in five different nations, namely Australia,Denmark,Luxembourg,Korea,and Japan in 2009.

It is clear that

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earned the highest

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in Luxembourg;

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, in Korea,

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had to spend the longest time to reach maximum

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. As for Denmark, there was the smallest increase in the tutors'

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. Looking at the information in more detail, among the five countries, in Luxembourg,

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had the highest

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at US$80,000 when they were beginners, and they had to spend 30

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to reach the maximum figure of US$139,000. In other countries, the

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at the beginning were between US$34,600 and US$47,000. It can be seen that

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needed more time to earn the highest

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in both Korea and Japan. The former took 37

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, and the latter took 34

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. In terms of Australia and Denmark, the table shows that their

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could reach top

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more quickly, in 9

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and 8

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, respectively.