The OECD has published a report that reflects the salaries of primary teachers around the world , and these are the countries where they are highest. To prepare the list, the annual salary of educators with more than 15 years of experience has been taken into account:
- Luxembourg: $ 101,360 gross per year on average
- Germany: 80,407
- Canada: 71,664
- Netherlands: 71,024
- Australia: 65,658
- Ireland: 62,313
- United States: 62,101
- Denmark: 60,185
- South Korea: 59,103
- Austria: 55,142
- New Zealand: 53,247
- Norway: 51,352
- Spain: 49,898
- Japan: 49,498
- Sweden: 47,664
The first country in the ranking is Luxembourg , where teachers earn on average $ 101,360. Spain also appears on the list, with an average salary of $ 49,898 gross per year, about 43,200 euros gross per year.
In our country there is a large salary difference by autonomous community , as indicated by the UGT and the STEs teaching union. The teachers with the best remuneration are those from the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The reason is that special residency supplements are added to the base salary in these areas.
Without taking these supplements into account, the highest paid primary teachers are those from the Basque Country : 2,485.14 gross euros. At the end of the ranking are the teachers from Astuarias and the Community of Madrid, who earn an average of 2,050.61 and 2,118.51 gross euros per month, respectively.
Curiosities about education in the world
In the wake of the news about the countries where teachers have better salaries, it is worth knowing some curiosities about education .
- The average number of students per classroom varies by country. While in Russia it is less than 15, in China it is 40.
- Teachers work between 655 and 1,001 hours a year, depending on the level of the school and the country.
- The largest school in the world is in India. Its name is ‘City Montessori School’, and more than 32,000 students study there.
- ‘The King’s School’ is in Canterbury (UK) and is the oldest boarding school in the world. Since the middle of the 16th century, it has offered a complete, modern and quality education.
- In the Netherlands, children start school on their fourth birthday, so there is always someone new in class in the first grade.
