In which countries of the world teachers get the highest
salary?
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) in a report (Education at a Glance 2017) has told about the countries of
the world where teacher salaries are highest and lowest. Luxembourg ranks first
in the list of highest paying countries, where the starting salary of a
freshman high school teacher is around $80,000, while the best teacher also
gets the highest salary of $1,35,000.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) in a report (Education at a Glance 2017) has given a list of countries
in the world where teacher salaries are highest and lowest. Luxembourg comes
first in this list, where the starting salary of a fresher high school teacher
is around $80,000, while the best teacher can also get the highest salary of
about $ 135,000. The full OECD report shows that there is a huge difference
between the salaries of the highest and lowest paid teachers in the world.
The people of Luxembourg have the highest per capita income
of Rs 40 lakh in the whole world. This country also tops the whole world in
terms of teacher's salary. Even a non-experienced teacher working here earns so
much money in a single day that even a very good teacher working in many
countries is not able to earn that much money in his entire teaching career.
The most shocking statistic is that even the starting
salaries of the non-experienced teachers of the 10 highest paying countries are
even higher than the salaries of the best teachers in the worst paid countries,
such as The starting salary of an unexperienced teacher in Japan is $30000,
which is more than the salary ($26000) for the best teachers in the Czech
Republic, Hungary and Poland.
That is, the salary of a fresher teacher of Japan starts his
career with the same salary, even the best teachers of Czech Republic, Hungary
and Poland cannot earn in their entire teaching career.
How much salary do women and men get as primary education
teachers
There is no salary discrimination between male and female
teachers in Luxembourg, and both earn an average salary of US$108,000 per year.
Whereas a good teacher with higher education here gets $ 1,35,000. But here it
should be noted that here the teacher has to show a high level of quality in
studies as well. A teacher with a similar educational qualification receives
US$95,000 in Belgium, Switzerland, Germany and Korea.
There is also a huge difference in the salary of male and
female teachers in all other countries of the world. For example, male teachers
in Austria get $66,000 while women get $62,000. The figures for the 5 countries
that pay the highest salaries to primary teachers in the world are as follows:
The names of the 5 countries that pay the lowest salaries
to primary teachers are as follows:
There is also an interesting fact here that in Czech
Republic both men and women get equal salary. On the other hand there are also
countries like Hungary and Poland where women get more salary than men.
The OECD report states that a new teacher entering a lower
secondary level receives US$15,000 in Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Latvia and
Poland. But at the same level, Denmark and Spain get US $ 40,000 while Germany,
Switzerland, and Luxembourg get US $ 80,000.
In summary, looking at the difference in the salary of
primary teachers, it can be said that there is not much difference between the
salary of women and men in the lowest paying countries, and in these countries,
the salary of women is more than that of men. is also. On the other hand, there
is more difference between the salary of women and men in the highest paying
countries and the salary of women is also less than men in these countries.