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Austria - Teachers' salaries and allowances
Teachers' salaries and allowances
- Teachers' remuneration is regulated by provincial/regional authorities or sub-regional/inter-municipal authorities for pre-primary education level. The legal requirements of provincial kindergartens are set out in the provincial kindergarten laws. For all other education levels, remuneration is regulated at central level by top-level authorities.
- The minimum qualification required to enter the profession for teachers at pre-primary level is ISCED 5 and ISCED 6 for all other education levels.
- The salary progression depends on the years in service.
- Teachers are public employees, civil servants (status no longer granted with the new service law). There are different pay schemes available for these groups.
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