Education
Where primary school teachers earn the most
Experienced primary school teachers earn the most in Luxembourg. A teacher with 10 years experience would take home $90,000 in the small European nation, a considerable distance ahead of other developed countries like Germany ($61,172) or Ireland ($51,949). Pay levels for primary school teachers drop off consierably in France ($31,865) and Turkey ($27,746), according to a recent report from the OECD.
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This chart shows the average salary for priomary teachers with 10 years experience in 2014.
Ranking of OECD countries where primary education teachers have the highest salaries in the world in 2023 (in U.S. dollars)
Average annual primary teacher starting salaries in selected European countries in 2024 (in US dollars)
Average annual pre-primary teacher starting salaries in selected European countries in 2024 (in US dollars)
Average lower-secondary teacher starting salaries in selected European countries in 2024 (in US dollars)
Annual salary of teachers in public primary schools in Spain in 2017, by level of experience (in U.S. dollars)*
Average annual upper-secondary teacher starting salaries in selected European countries in 2024 (in US dollars)
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