Education in States and Nations: 1991

(ESN) Table 35a: Annual mid-career secondary school teacher salary (in U.S. dollars) and ratio of teacher salary to gross domestic product per capita, by country: 1992

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                 Mid-career    Years of teaching           Ratio of mid-career
           secondary school        experience at             teacher salary to
Country      teacher salary     mid-career level                GDP per capita
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Australia 1         $28,991                 9                          1.75
Austria              42,424                15                          2.31
Belgium              32,070                15                          1.79
Canada 2             36,469                13                          1.82
Denmark              39,213                14                          2.13
England              32,709                10                          2.00
Finland              31,396                15                          1.94
France               39,233                15                          2.06
Germany (West)       39,555                15                          2.00
Ireland              28,525                15                          2.39
Italy                21,566                15                          1.23
Japan                32,277                15                          1.70
Netherlands          39,552                15                          2.31
Norway               25,720                15                          1.47
Scotland             31,934                13                          1.95
Spain                33,687                15                          2.57
Sweden               27,596                15                          1.65
Switzerland 3        52,358                12                          2.37
United States 4      34,027                16                          1.49
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1 Data represent the unweighted average of three Australian provinces - New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria.
2 Data represent the unweighted average of two Canadian provinces - Saskatchewan and Quebec.
3 Data represent the unweighted average of three Swiss cities - Zurich, Basel, and Glarus.
4 Data applies to the 1991-1992 school year, which covers the last four months of 1991, and the first eight months of 1992. Figure represents the average annual salary for primary and secondary school teachers.

NOTE: Salaries for all countries are adjusted to U.S. dollars using a purchasing power parity index (PPPI). Most salary data apply to calendar year 1992. See supplemental note for details on the data from Sweden and the United States, and for a note on adjustments of salary data across countries and characteristics of the data sources.

SOURCE: The American Federation of Teachers, Research Department, Survey and Analysis of Salary Trends, 1993, Table IV-6; How U.S. Teachers Measure Up Internationally, 1993.

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Figure 35c Table 35b