Teacher Pay Data

Teacher Salary by Country 2026: Data, Charts & Comparisons

Statutory annual salaries for full-time teachers in public lower secondary general education, reported in equivalent USD converted using PPPs for private consumption. The 2026 label refers to the page edition; the underlying OECD salary table is the latest available source release.

Indicator: statutory teacher salary Level: lower secondary general Unit: USD PPP Source table: OECD EAG 2025 D3.1

Core Salary Metrics

Values compare scheduled gross annual salaries before income tax, not take-home pay, bonuses, housing support, or private-school compensation.

OECD lower secondary average

USD 61,563

Teachers with 15 years of experience, most prevalent qualifications.

Highest reported row

Luxembourg

USD 137,418, rank 1 of 40 reported countries/economies.

Lowest reported row

Slovak Republic

USD 26,913, rank 40 of 40 reported countries/economies.

Coverage basis

OECD + partners

Country/economy coverage varies by salary point, level, and qualification row.

Highest Verified Lower Secondary Teacher Salary Rows

Annual statutory salary after 15 years of experience, equivalent USD PPP.

The chart shows verified country/economy rows exposed in OECD GPS text for the same lower secondary salary concept.

Data analysis

Luxembourg is more than twice the OECD average for lower secondary teachers with 15 years of experience.
Germany and the Netherlands are the other verified rows above USD 100,000 PPP.
PPP conversion improves cross-country price comparability but does not show net income, taxation, or local housing costs.

Teacher Salary by Country Table

Searchable OECD salary rows for public lower secondary general education. Rank is the OECD/GPS rank shown for the reported row.

Search table

OECD Rank	Country / Economy	Code	Salary	Unit	Year	Qualification Row	Source Note
1	Luxembourg	LUX	USD 137,418	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
2	Germany	DEU	USD 103,952	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
3	Netherlands	NLD	USD 102,711	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
4	Canada	CAN	USD 87,285	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
5	Australia	AUS	USD 81,842	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
6	Austria	AUT	USD 76,722	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
7	United States	USA	USD 76,221	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
8	Denmark	DNK	USD 73,750	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
10	Ireland	IRL	USD 70,865	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
31	Lithuania	LTU	USD 44,970	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
32	Chile	CHL	USD 44,969	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
34	Poland	POL	USD 41,355	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
35	Hungary	HUN	USD 34,949	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
36	Costa Rica	CRI	USD 33,673	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
37	Greece	GRC	USD 30,627	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
39	Czechia	CZE	USD 30,359	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile
40	Slovak Republic	SVK	USD 26,913	USD PPP	2023	Typical qualification	OECD GPS, EAG 2025 country profile

Table analysis

The verified rows show a wide spread, from USD 26,913 in the Slovak Republic to USD 137,418 in Luxembourg.
Ranks are not continuous because only text-verifiable rows from the OECD GPS public index are reproduced in the table.
Countries with subnational pay systems may have internal ranges that are not visible in one national row.

Salary Change Index Since 2015

Selected lower secondary teacher salary change index rows, 2015 = 100.

Index rows describe real salary change in the OECD GPS indicator series, not current salary level.

Historical Change Rows

Selected OECD GPS index indicators for lower secondary statutory salaries with 15 years of experience.

Search table

Country / Economy	Code	Index	Rank	Source Year	Interpretation
Lithuania	LTU	181	1 / 33	2023	Reported salary index rose relative to 2015.
Hungary	HUN	141	2 / 33	2023	Reported salary index rose relative to 2015.
Türkiye	TUR	133	3 / 33	2023	Reported salary index rose relative to 2015.
Chile	CHL	128	5 / 33	2023	Reported salary index rose relative to 2015.
Poland	POL	120	6 / 33	2023	Reported salary index rose relative to 2015.
Israel	ISR	109	8 / 33	2023	Reported salary index rose relative to 2015.
Finland	FIN	93	28 / 33	2023	Reported salary index was below the 2015 baseline.
Luxembourg	LUX	92	30 / 33	2023	Reported salary index was below the 2015 baseline.
Greece	GRC	92	30 / 33	2023	Reported salary index was below the 2015 baseline.
Ireland	IRL	90	32 / 33	2023	Reported salary index was below the 2015 baseline.

Change analysis

A high change index does not mean a high current salary; Lithuania and Hungary show large index gains but remain below the OECD average salary level in the verified rows.
Luxembourg keeps the highest reported salary level even though its change index is below 100 in the selected trend indicator.
The index should be read as a time-series salary movement, not as a ranking of total compensation.

Comparison Notes

Teacher salary comparisons need a narrow metric because countries report different qualification rules, contract structures, and subnational pay scales.

Statutory salary

Scheduled salary according to official pay scales. It may include regular statutory payments, but it is not the same as average actual earnings.

Actual salary

Average gross earnings received by full-time teachers, including work-related payments where reported. Coverage is narrower in several countries.

PPP conversion

Equivalent USD converted using purchasing power parities for private consumption. It supports price-level comparison but does not equal exchange-rate dollars.

Rank coverage

Rank denominators differ because each OECD indicator has its own available country/economy set.

Source and Methodology

Primary source OECD Education at a Glance 2025, Chapter D3: How much are teachers and school heads paid?

Data table OECD Table D3.1, teachers’ statutory salaries based on most prevalent qualifications at different points in teachers’ careers.

Data portal OECD Data Explorer dataset: Teachers’ statutory salaries

Indicator definition Annual statutory salaries of full-time teachers in public institutions, before income tax and employee deductions.

Unit Equivalent USD converted using PPPs for private consumption.

Level Lower secondary general education where the country row is available in text form.

Reference year OECD EAG 2025 table year is 2024; GPS text rows expose several values with 2023 reference-year labels.

Missing data handling Countries not exposed with a text-verifiable value in the public index are not assigned a numeric value here.

Salary rows were rounded to whole USD as reported. The table does not convert values to local currency, estimate net pay, or fill countries without a verified OECD text value. Historical rows use OECD GPS index indicators where 2015 equals 100.

Methodological Safety Note

Teacher pay is not directly comparable to take-home income. Tax systems, social contributions, housing costs, subnational scales, bonuses, allowances, and private-sector contracts can change the lived value of a salary. Rankings here apply only to the selected OECD statutory salary indicator.