In France, are teachers paid less than in other European countries?

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Each year, the OECD observes that there are wage inequalities between teachers in different European countries. But what is it really for French teachers?

While the start of the school year took place a few days ago, Jean-Michel Blanquer, the Minister of National Education, announced the opening of a dialogue on the issue of French teachers’ salaries. incomes are presented as lower than those of professors working in other European countries. But is this statement true or false?

Generally speaking, yes! Every year, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) provides salary referencing data. The 2017 revenues were analyzed in 22 countries of the European Union. It was found that the gross salary of a French teacher at the start of his career was much lower than the average salary of his colleagues in the European Union, both in primary class, in college or than in high school, with an average gross annual salary, bonuses and allowances included, of $ 39,426 in 2017.

If we look at the situation of a college teacher at the start of his career, we see that his income is higher than that of teachers working in Greece, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Estonia or Latvia.

Between the ages of 25 and 34, a French primary school teacher earns less ($ 33,734) than his Danish (50,805), Australian (50,573) and Dutch (46,794) counterparts.

Better paid in Luxembourg

A large majority of these comparisons remain the same even after fifteen years of career.
The best paid teachers are found in Luxembourg, regardless of the type of education practiced and the career level reached. A college professor at the start of his career earns in Luxembourg more than two and a half times more than a French teacher.

The only common point that Luxembourg and France have in this income category is the difference in salaries between the start and the end of a teacher’s career: on average 73%.
In France we can see that despite a slow increase in income at the start of the career, it accelerates significantly in terms of career.

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