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Is there a country in the world where are the teachers paid well? I don't know of any. I suspect if there is a reason, it has nothing to do with America per se.

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In Germany they are paid quite well. At least older, married ones with children as those things give you bonuses. A relative of me had ~4k€ net (after taxes and healthcare) which puts you in the top 15% income earners according to a quick Google search. Not bad for teaching in some random school somewhere in the countryside. Unfortunately most German states are currently trying to lower the wages.

The family bonus is a little fascinating. I imagine something like that would be met with outrage if implemented here in the states. It certainly does make sense though, as teachers with children are likely to have more experience with caring for children as well as greater need.

Switzerland. According to a young fellow I met who was planning on becoming a teacher his starting salary was going to be 120k CHF.

Mind you living expenses are high there but that's probably still quite a decent figure.

https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/teachers-salaries.htm

My sister was a Jr. High School teacher in South Korea. I was quite surprised how much she was earning as a teacher and, after her retirement years ago, she is collecting now (it's only 10%-20% less than the US average which seems to support the OECD data).

Private schools in Czechia pay their teachers very well. They're also considerably better than the ones at public schools, but a public school can't possibly afford them - I mean in general, there is not enough tax money.

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