The data relate to the school year Y-1/Y (for example, 2016/2017) or, in the case of countries in the Southern Hemisphere, Y (2017)
Supplementary notes
* These are statutory salaries.
The data on teachers' salaries come from the joint Eurydice and OECD survey on teachers' and school leaders' salaries.
The data on the remuneration of employed persons come from the OECD's annual data collection of the LSO network (labor market and social outcomes of learning).
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Public secondary education: annual salary of teachers in South Korea 2017
This chart illustrates the salaries of public secondary school teachers in South Korea in 2017, by level of experience. In secondary education, a teacher could earn nearly * U.S. dollars after working for 15 years, while the starting salary for a secondary teacher was about * U.S. dollars. At the top of the scale, the salary of a lower secondary school teacher could reach * U.S. dollars in 2017.
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OECD. (September 11, 2018). Annual salary of public secondary school teachers in South Korea in 2017, by level of experience (in U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 28, 2026, from /statistics/1630778/secondary-school-teachers-salary-south-korea-experience/
OECD. "Annual salary of public secondary school teachers in South Korea in 2017, by level of experience (in U.S. dollars)*." Chart. September 11, 2018. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 28, 2026. /statistics/1630778/secondary-school-teachers-salary-south-korea-experience/
OECD. (2018). Annual salary of public secondary school teachers in South Korea in 2017, by level of experience (in U.S. dollars)*. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 28, 2026. /statistics/1630778/secondary-school-teachers-salary-south-korea-experience/
OECD. "Annual Salary of Public Secondary School Teachers in South Korea in 2017, by Level of Experience (in U.S. Dollars)*." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 11 Sep 2018, /statistics/1630778/secondary-school-teachers-salary-south-korea-experience/
OECD, Annual salary of public secondary school teachers in South Korea in 2017, by level of experience (in U.S. dollars)* ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1630778/secondary-school-teachers-salary-south-korea-experience/ (last visited July 28, 2026)
Annual salary of public secondary school teachers in South Korea in 2017, by level of experience (in U.S. dollars)* [Graph], OECD, September 11, 2018. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1630778/secondary-school-teachers-salary-south-korea-experience/
