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

The table compares the

salaries

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

teachers

earned the highest

salaries

in Luxembourg;

moreover

, in Korea,

teachers

had to spend the longest time to reach maximum

salaries

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

salaries

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

teachers

had the highest

salaries

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

years

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

salaries

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

teachers

needed more time to earn the highest

salaries

in both Korea and Japan. The former took 37

years

, and the latter took 34

years

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

teachers

could reach top

salaries

more quickly, in 9

years

and 8

years

, respectively.