Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification: To provide a measure of the relative attractiveness and fairness of pay of the teaching profession compared to other professions requiring a similar level of qualification. The rationale is that if salaries in the teaching profession are attractive, it is more likely to attract quality candidates.

Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification: Information on the statutory salaries of teacher as well as on representative data on salaries of comparable workers.

Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification: By level of education.

Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification: SDG Indicator 4.c.5: The indicator is defined as the ratio of annual statutory teacher compensation for a teacher with typical qualifications and 15 years of experience (numerator) to the annual earnings of similarly qualified individuals (denominator).


Teachers' salary: Expressed as statutory salaries, which are scheduled salaries according to official pay scales. They refer to the average scheduled gross salary per year for a full-time teacher with the minimum training necessary to be fully qualified at the beginning of his or her teaching career. Reported salaries are defined as the sum of wages (total sum of money paid by the employer for the labour supplied) minus the employer’s contribution to social security and pension funding (according to existing salary scales). Bonuses that constitute a regular part of the salary (such as holidays or regional bonuses) are included in the figures. Additional bonuses (for example, remuneration for teachers in remote areas, for participating in school improvement projects or special activities, or for exceptional performance) are excluded from the reported gross salaries. Salaries at 15 years experience refer to the scheduled annual salary of a full-time classroom teacher with the minimum training necessary to be fully qualified and with 15 years of experience. The maximum salaries reported refer to the scheduled maximum annual salary (top of the salary scale) of a full-time classroom teacher with the minimum training to be fully qualified for his or her job. Salary data are reported in accordance with formal policies for public institutions.

Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification: Numerator: The numerator is statutory salaries of teachers with 15 years of experience with typical qualifications where the preferred definition of typical qualifications is the level of qualifications and training held by the largest proportion of teachers. Denominator: The measure of earnings for individuals with a comparable level of qualification will depend on data available for each country, and the order preference is (1) the average earnings of tertiary educated workers weighted by teacher qualification, (2) the average earnings of tertiary educated workers, or (3) the average earnings of workers in professional occupations.

Interpretations

Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification: A value above 1 would indicate that teachers have higher salaries relative to those of similarly qualified individuals while a value below 1 indicates lower salaries relative to those of similarly qualified individuals.


Limitations

Average teacher salary relative to other professions requiring a comparable level of qualification: The limitation of the defined indicator is that it is not necessarily representative of teachers: the salaries of teachers at the mid-point of their career are chosen to reflect an average; however, the true average salaries may differ. In addition, generally only public school teachers are bound by the statutory teacher salary scales and may exclude private school teachers.