Public school teachers' average starting salaries in U.S. dollars expressed as a ratio of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in U.S. dollars, by education level and country in the G-8 countries: 2008

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Public school teachers' average starting salaries in U.S. dollars expressed as a ratio of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in U.S. dollars, by education level and country in the G-8 countries: 2008

Country	Average starting salary with minimum training		Average salary after 15 years of experience and with minimum training		Average starting salary expressed as a ratio of GDP per capita		GDP per capita
Country	Primary	Upper secondary	Primary	Upper secondary	Primary	Upper secondary	GDP per capita
England¹	28,608	28,608	41,807	41,807	0.86	0.86	$35,600
France	23,106	26,035	31,082	34,010	0.72	0.80	33,100
Germany	38,216	42,881	46,223	52,570	1.23	1.46	35,400
Italy	23,751	25,602	28,731	32,186	0.84	0.90	31,200
Japan	24,514	24,514	45,515	45,543	0.81	0.81	34,100
Scotland¹	27,223	27,223	43,363	43,363	0.86	0.86	35,600
United States	30,339	30,471	43,999	44,120	0.76	0.77	47,200
¹The data on GDP per capita for England and Scotland are from the single source, United Kingdom.
NOTE: Average starting salary refers to the average scheduled annual salary of a full-time teacher with the minimum training necessary to be fully qualified at the beginning of the teaching career. Education levels are defined according to the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED97). Primary education refers to ISCED97 level 1. Upper secondary education refers to ISCED97 level 3. For more information on the ISCED97 levels, see appendix A in this report. Average salaries are gross salaries (i.e., before deductions for income taxes) for school year 2007–08 and are converted to U.S. dollars using 2008 national purchasing power parities (PPPs) exchange rate data. GDP per capita in national currencies (2008) has been calculated from total population and total GDP, and has been converted to U.S. dollars using PPPs for GDP.
SOURCE: Miller, D.C., and Warren, L.K. (2011). Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries: 2011 (NCES 2012-007), table 14-1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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