Based on a comparison of 35 countries in 2014, South Africa ranked the highest in lower-secondary teachers' average monthly gross salary with USD 350,067 followed by Luxembourg and United Kingdom. On the other end of the scale was Latvia with USD 653, Hungary with USD 658 and Estonia with USD 861.
Data for more countries are available at Lower-Secondary Teachers' Average Monthly Gross Salary (USD) indicator page.
| Lower-Secondary Teachers' Average Monthly Gross Salary (USD) | Unit | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Australia | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,945 | 4,705 | 5,763 | 6,812 | 7,020 | |||||
| Austria | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,445 | 4,366 | 4,239 | 4,506 | 4,257 | ||||||
| Belgium | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,564 | 4,598 | 4,414 | 4,763 | 4,495 | ||||||
| Canada | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Denmark | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,564 | 6,761 | 6,443 | 6,764 | 6,262 | ||||||
| Finland | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,699 | 4,574 | 4,497 | 4,784 | 4,494 | ||||||
| Germany | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,162 | 5,903 | 5,819 | 6,318 | 5,947 | |||||
| Ireland | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,786 | 6,778 | 6,184 | 6,363 | 5,880 | ||||||
| Luxembourg | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 11,433 | 11,713 | 11,001 | 11,564 | 11,227 | |||||
| Netherlands | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| New Zealand | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Norway | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,250 | 4,922 | 5,320 | 6,072 | 5,953 | |||||
| South Africa | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 422,824 | 414,811 | 477,212 | 506,672 | 463,876 | |||||
| USA | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,552 | 4,615 | 4,660 | 4,754 | 4,997 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,136 | 8,836 | 8,956 | 9,481 | 9,370 |
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