Relative pay for teachers is far lower in the United States than in other OECD countries: Pay of public primary school teachers, as a percentage, relative to other college graduates, most recent year available, 2017–2019
Country | Primary school teachers |
---|---|
United States | 61% |
Hungary | 61 |
Italy | 66 |
Slovak Rep. | 72 |
Czech Rep. | 74 |
Austria | 75 |
Greece | 75 |
Netherlands | 76 |
Norway | 76 |
Chile | 78 |
France | 78 |
Sweden | 80 |
Denmark | 83 |
New Zealand | 85 |
Ireland | 86 |
OECD average | 86 |
Slovenia | 86 |
EU22 average | 87 |
Israel | 87 |
Australia | 88 |
Finland | 88 |
Germany | 92 |
Estonia | 95 |
Lithuania | 119 |
Costa Rica | 122 |
Portugal | 134 |
Latvia | 137 |
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), “Teachers’ and School Heads’ Actual Salaries Relative to Earnings of Tertiary Educated Workers (2020),” Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators, 2021.