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This section presents comparative data by education level (ISCED) on: 

Minimum annual gross statutory salaries at different career stages.

Trends and evolution in time of minimum annual gross statutory salaries at different career stages.

Qualification requirements for newly qualified teachers to enter the profession.

Allowances.

Additional details are available in country-specific notes and in the national section.

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Minimum annual gross statutory salaries at different career stages by education level (ISCED)

The statutory salary is the gross annual pay for full-time, newly qualified teachers, based on statutorily defined salary ranges. It includes regular additional payments (e.g., 13th month, holiday pay) and employee contributions to social security and pensions, but excludes employer contributions.

Data present statutory salaries of full-time classroom teachers in public institutions at pre-primary (ISCED 02), primary (ISCED 1), lower secondary (ISCED 24) and upper secondary (ISCED 34) education levels in the reference school year.

The diagram depicts the annual gross statutory salary range for newly fully qualified teachers entering the profession with the minimum qualification requirement in the reference year.

Where more than one pay scale applies to the same level of qualification, the salaries are estimates based on weighted averages.

To avoid price level differences between countries for the purpose of international comparison, salaries’ amounts are converted in purchasing power parities (PPP). The corresponding values in national currency are available for reference as country popups in the map.

More information on the index and its use is available in the Quality framework and the Glossary.

Salary ranges (for countries where applicable) associated with higher then the minimum (if most prevalent) and/or maximum qualifications are not depicted. The relevant details are available in the open data.
Details on actual salaries and decision-making authority are available in the open data.

Percentage change of minimum annual gross statutory salaries between different school years, at different stages of the career per education level (ISCED)

Data present changes in the annual gross minimum statutory salaries of newly fully qualified teachers between any two selected reference school years, at four career stages per education level (ISCED).

To adjust for inflation, salaries are converted in constant prices calculated by using the harmonized index of consumer price (HICP). More information is available in the Quality framework and the Glossary.

The diagram depicts the percentage change of the minimum statutory salaries of newly fully qualified teachers entering the profession with the minimum qualification in the reference year.

Important fluctuations may be informed by change of methodology in regulations or other steering documents and applied to the salary composition (i.e. including additional payments, changes in the fixed and variable parts, etc.). Changes in methodology are presented as "break in time series". Details on the countries concerned are available when clicking on the info sign in the top right corner.

Evolution of minimum annual gross statutory salaries in time, per career stage and education level (ISCED)

Data refer to the evolution of annual gross minimum statutory salaries of newly qualified teachers entering the profession with the minimum qualification from 2020/2021 school reference year onwards.

The statutory salaries increase on yearly basis in most of the countries. The increases may be due to inflation adjustments or salary reforms implemented at national level. The salaries’ purchasing power is influenced by price fluctuations. For comparability, the salary amounts are converted in purchasing power parities (PPP), to eliminate price level differences, created by currency fluctuations, across presented countries.

Additional details on the index are available in the Quality framework and the Glossary.

Additional details on the changes having impact on the statutory salaries in the reference year are provided in the national section.  

Qualification requirements to enter the profession

The minimum qualification level for fully qualified teachers includes mandatory core requirements such as formal education, specific training, practical experience, competitive exams, and completion of probation or induction programs, applicable to all teachers.

The minimum qualification required to enter the teaching profession, is often the most common qualification. 

The map shows the minimum qualification requirement for newly fully qualified teachers to enter the profession in the respective school reference year. The ring diagram groups the countries by level of minimum qualification requirement and indicates the number of countries belonging to each group.

Data on higher than the minimum (if most prevalent) and/or maximum qualifications, and salary ranges associated with these qualifications (if different than the salary range associated with the minimum qualification for the countries where this is applicable), are included in the open data.

Maximum number of years to reach the highest salary per education level (ISCED)

Different criteria, factors and conditions may determine teachers’ salary progression through their career. These could be related to their roles and responsibilities, years in service, age, qualification level, or performance.

Data displayed refer to the average number of years in service, necessary to go from the starting point to the top of the career and reaching the highest salary level of the statutory salary range.

The first diagram illustrates the total number of years (X axis) to reach the highest salary at the top of the career. The maximum number of years is cross-checked (Y axis) with the corresponding percentage increase of the annual gross minimum statutory salary at the top of the career compared to the annual gross minimum statutory salary at the start of the career. Clustered view, grouping the countries by the number of years necessary to reach the top of the career, is available in the right-hand side of the diagram.

The second diagram shows by country the percentage increase of the minimum gross annual statutory salary at different stages of the career (at 10 years of service, at 15 years of service and at the top of the career) compared to the minimum starting statutory salary.

Allowances that teachers can receive by category and education level (ISCED)

Allowances and other additional payments (bonuses, financial benefits) make an important part of teachers’ total remuneration. The information presented includes data on allowances granted to teachers based on the following category groups:

Other tasks and responsibilities.

Qualifications, training and performance.

Teaching conditions.

Other criteria.

Data refer to allowances that teachers at some or all education levels may receive on top of their statutory salary. The allowances could be established as:

Percentage of statutory base salary paid to teachers.

Regular additional payments.

Incidental/occasional additional payments.

Position in base salary (step increment or other progression).

The map shows the allowances per category group. Clustered view per single allowance indicating the number of countries where it is available is depicted in the horizontal bar diagram.

A country diagram below provides an overview of all allowances available to teachers in the selected country (ies).

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