Based on a comparison of 35 countries in 2014, Luxembourg ranked the highest in primary teachers' average monthly gross salary with USD 10,648 followed by United Kingdom and Canada. 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 Primary Teachers' Average Monthly Gross Salary (USD) indicator page.
| Primary 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,880 | 4,705 | 5,763 | 6,751 | 6,965 | |||||
| Austria | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,111 | 4,039 | 3,917 | 4,159 | 3,925 | ||||||
| Belgium | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,564 | 4,598 | 4,414 | 4,763 | 4,495 | ||||||
| Canada | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Denmark | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,564 | 6,761 | 6,352 | 6,668 | 6,173 | ||||||
| Finland | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,351 | 4,235 | 4,164 | 4,430 | 4,161 | ||||||
| Germany | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,644 | 5,347 | 5,253 | 5,747 | 5,461 | |||||
| Ireland | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6,714 | 6,706 | 6,118 | 6,295 | 5,817 | ||||||
| Japan | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,636 | 5,093 | 5,275 | 5,705 | 5,695 | |||||
| Luxembourg | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 7,833 | 7,792 | 10,273 | 10,800 | 10,485 | |||||
| Netherlands | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| New Zealand | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Norway | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5,250 | 4,922 | 5,320 | 6,072 | 5,953 | |||||
| USA | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4,293 | 4,353 | 4,395 | 4,483 | 4,864 | ||||||
| United Kingdom | USD | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,136 | 8,836 | 8,956 | 9,481 | 9,370 |
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