Primary teachers in Ireland among world's best paid [IrishTimes]
- Published: 14 July 2010
PRIMARY TEACHERS in Ireland are among the best paid in the world, according to a draft report considered by the Cabinet yesterday.
The Forfás 2010 report on the cost of doing business in Ireland says the starting salary for the Republic’s 25,000 primary teachers is 15 per cent above the OECD average, while their top salary scale is 33 per cent above the OECD average.
The report says pay for primary teachers with 15 years experience is the highest of any OECD country, aside from Luxembourg.
The report benchmarked teacher salaries with those across 24 other OECD states including the US, Sweden, Britain, Germany and Norway.
The report also found Ireland had the highest average salary for medical specialists ($225,000 a year) when compared with other OECD states.
Commenting on the finding, it says that while public sector wages do not have a direct impact on business costs, they have a significant indirect impact because they represent a “significant component of the cost of public and administered services”.
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