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

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.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • secondary/high school teachers
  • annual salary
  • gross income
  • net salary
  • cost of living
  • education funding
  • gender pay gap
  • teaching hours
  • years of experience
  • additional qualifications
  • economic indicators
  • average wage
  • currency conversion
  • educational disparities
  • international comparison
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