Countries Where Teachers Earn the Most

According to The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) latest data, teachers earn the highest salaries in this West European monarchy at the primary level with 15 years experience. Here teachers earn approximately US$98,788 per annum. Europe dominated the top ten countries with five of them coming from this continent.

 

The other European nation where teachers command a respectable salary is Germany; however, it comes a distant second. Compared to Luxembourg, teachers in Germany earn $62,195 per year. Other European nations among the top ten are Ireland, Netherlands, and Denmark where teachers earn an annual salary of approximately US$55,148, US$54,865, and US$51,122 respectively. Both the North American nations of the United States and Canada are also high paying countries for teachers. In Canada the annual salary for teachers is approximately US$58,495, while in the US it is US$45,998. The two Asian countries – Japan and South Korea – and Australia are also good places to be a teacher. In Japan teachers earn US$47,561 per annum, while in South Korea and Australia it is US$50,145 and US$51,289 respectively.

Barring New Zealand, all the other nations from the 11^th to the 20^th position are European. Meanwhile standing at the Lower five are the nations of Indonesia, Estonia, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Poland where teachers salary are US$19,74, US$ 12,525, US$13,365, US$13,520, and US$18,160 respectively. Source: Maps of the World