Teacher's statutory salaries - 2022/2023
Country-specific notes
| Belgium - French Community | Data refers to the most representative salary scale by ISCED level. Government-dependent private schools are included. |
| Belgium - Flemish Community | Government-dependent private schools are included. |
| Bulgaria | Regulations only set the minimum statutory salary for the three levels of a teacher’s career: ‘teacher’, ‘senior teacher’ and ‘chief teacher’. Data for statutory salary after 10 years corresponds to the minimum salary of a ‘senior teacher’, and the salary after 15 years refers to the minimum salary of a ‘chief teacher’ respectively. |
| Czechia | Data on statutory salaries are weighted values based on two different salary tables for years 2022 and 2023. Salary tables consist of 6 pay categories depending on complexity, responsibility and workload, and 7 pay grades according to the length of professional experience. |
| Denmark | The reported salaries for teachers at primary level is a weighted average between teachers at grade 1 (børnehaveklasse/class 0) and teachers at grade 2-7 (class 1-6) which have the same profile and salary as teachers at ISCED 24. |
| Germany | The statutory salaries represent a weighted average of the data available at Länder level for civil servants in 2022/2023. Data not available for ISCED 02. |
| Estonia | Salaries in Estonia are not statutorily defined. Data on the annual gross statutory salary for teachers at ISCED 1, 24 and 34 refers to the minimum salary set by the top-level authority following collective agreement negotiations. There is only one statutory salary that applies to all teachers, without qualification based differentiation. |
| Ireland | Data not applicable for ISCED 02. This provision is organised by the private sector and salaries are set by the owners of the settings. |
| Greece | Teachers’ position in the pay range depends on their years of experience and additional qualifications which are remunerated as additional years of experience. The salaries for teachers at ISCED 02 of pre-primary Education include only teachers working in pre-primary education schools (nipiagogeia) that are supervised by the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports. Data on gross annual statutory salaries are reported on the basis that teachers complete certain years of work experience on 1 September 2022. |
| Spain | Salaries are weighted averages of salaries at the regional level (comunidades autónomas). |
| France | The teachers’ statutory salaries are gross annual incomes (rémunération annuelle brute statutaire) related to statutory salary scales. The following bonuses received by all teachers are an integral part of teachers’ statutory salaries: a) Residence allowance; b) Computer equipment allowance; c) Attractivity allowance. At ISCED 02 and 1, the following bonus received by all teachers is an integral part of teachers’ statutory salaries: a) ISAE (bonus for follow-up and tutoring. At ISCED 24 and 34, the following bonuses received by all teachers are an integral part of teachers’ statutory salaries: a) Fixed part of ISOE (bonus for follow-up and tutoring); the variable part of this bonus, for teachers taking the role of referent teacher ('professeur principal'), is not included in the statutory salary; b) Bonus for 2 extra hours per year. |
| Croatia | Data provided report on fully qualified teachers (at least one year of service) but not on teachers with mentor, advisor or excellent advisor status. 99% of public spending for preschool education is incurred by local authorities (privately held kindergartens are eligible for public subventions). |
| Latvia | Regulations set the minimum monthly salary rate for 30 hours work week for ISCED 1-3 teachers and 40 hours work week for ISCED 0 teachers. School heads decide on the teachers' salaries depending on their workload and performance and on the school budget. |
| Lithuania | Teachers' salary depends on years in service and qualification level. All indicated statutory salaries correspond to the 'teacher' career category, with the lower minimum salary. |
| Hungary | The starting salary refers to ‘fully-qualified trainee teachers'. The other salaries refer to the promotion level of ‘Teacher 1’ and ‘Teacher 2’. All salaries include the ‘sector specific motivation allowance’ paid to all teachers. The salary depends on the qualification level. The pay scale takes into consideration the number of years spent in teaching and the different promotion levels. |
| Malta | All teachers are granted an additional payment of EUR 512.52 per year. In addition, they all receive a 'class allowance' and the 'work resources fund', which depend on the education level they work for and on their salary scale. |
| Netherlands | The statutory salary reported is the weighted total yearly statutory salary (allowances included). Unweighted maximum salary is reported for salary scale LD (usually upper secondary level). The majority of teachers in the Randstad area are paid according to the higher salary scale (Randstadregeling). Only ISCED 02 teachers working in primary schools. Daycare is excluded. |
| Austria | Data reported are weighted means of the 2022 and 2023 salaries. ISCED 02 is largely organised in kindergartens, which are regulated at the level of the provinces. |
| Poland | Since 1 September 2022 three different career levels exist for teachers ('novice teacher', 'appointed teacher' and 'chartered teacher'). For starting teachers, reported data includes salary of teachers classified as ‘novice teachers’. For teachers with 10 years of experience, data reported includes salary of teachers classified as 'appointed teachers'. For teachers with 15 years of experience and at the top of the scale, the salary of the teachers classified as 'chartered teachers' is reported. The local authorities or the school heads may increase funds for teachers' remuneration. According a new regulation on initial teacher training, as of the 2024/2025, newly qualified teachers will be qualified at ISCED 7 |
| Portugal | Lower and upper secondary teachers belong to the same formal group. Teachers are classified in ISCED levels according to the level of workload. |
| Romania | Four different career levels exist for teachers ('beginner teacher', 'teacher', 'teacher with teaching level II' and 'teaching level I'). The indicated starting statutory salaries relate to the ‘beginner teacher’ career level. The indicated statutory salaries after 10 or 15 years of experience, and at the top of the career relate to the ‘teacher’ career level. The information for upper career levels is not defined centrally. |
| Slovenia | The starting teachers' salary correspond to category ‘teacher’; the salary after 10 years to ‘teacher mentor’; the salary after 15 years to ‘teacher advisor’ and at the top of the career to ‘teacher counsellor’. There is a common salary scale with, since April 2023, 66 salary grades. |
| Slovakia | All beginning teachers receive an allowance for beginning teachers at the start of their career until they become independent teachers. This transition usually occurs after the completion of adaptation training within 2 years from the start of teacher's first employment. The allowance is paid in the amount 6% of the teacher's statutory salary. |
| Finland | The data on pre-primary teachers includes the salary data for teachers in early childhood education and care who are the majority. As of 2024, newly qualified teachers in early childhood education and care (ISCED 02) will have a Bachelor's degree in Education including studies in early childhood education and care. |
| Sweden | Salaries are not statutorily defined. The reported salaries refer to actual salaries, including bonuses and allowances, for the calendar year 2022. Part-time salaries are calculated on a full-time basis. ‘Starting teacher’ is defined as teacher with 1-2 years of experience, and the median values of the salaries is reported. ‘Top of salary scale’ is defined for teachers belonging to the 90 percentile. Salaries on upper secondary level (ISCED 34) also include salaries for ISCED 35, vocational education (but exclude salaries of teachers educating vocational subjects). Salaries and working conditions are determined at school level) in an individual-based compensation system. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | An average estimate is calculated and reported on the basis of the available data at canton level. |
| Switzerland | Data reported represents the weighted average of the cantonal legal requirements (2022) taking into account the number of full-time equivalents (2021/2022; latest available data). |
| Iceland | Salaries are determined by a collective and special agreements (institutional framework for salaries). |
| Liechtenstein | The maximum amount is a theoretical value. Average salaries are normally in the lower half of the salary range. Only 12% of the salary progression (from the starting to the top salary) is automatically linked to age. At lower secondary level, the minimum qualification (i.e. master of education) and the corresponding salary range refer to teachers at 'Realschulen' and 'Oberschulen', while the higher salary range corresponds to teachers at 'Gymnasien' and 'Berufsmaturitätsschulen'. |
| Montenegro | The reported statutory salaries are calculated by applying a starting coefficient and a coefficients corresponding to additional years in service and holidays. |
| North Macedonia | Salaries are adjusted by 0.5% per each year of working experience, but not more than 20%. |
| Norway | The minimum salaries are defined by collective agreement. The local authorities are free to set the wages higher than the minimum wages. As of 2022/2023, the general teacher's education has changed from a 4-year education to a master's degree (5 years at ISCED 7). |
| Serbia | There are no official data on statutory salaries, but only on net base starting salaries. Statutory salaries for teachers with 10, 15 and 40 years are calculated taking into account the 0.4 % salary progression per year. Statutory salary includes various bonuses (meals, transport etc.). |
| Türkiye | The part of social contributions and pension scheme, which are paid by the employee are considered as part of the statutory salary. Salaries are determined by different laws depending on the date of entering into the profession. Data is therefore not fully comparable. |