Teacher salaries
In Australia, teacher salaries are generally above the average weekly earnings and a beginning teacher's salary is above the average salary for new graduates. NSW teachers are among the best paid teachers in Australia.
A complete current list of the salary scale – including allowances, special conditions and casual rates – for NSW teachers in primary schools, secondary and TAFE colleges, can be found at the NSW Department of Education and Training (Salary and Allowances) website. Some of this information has been extracted below.
School-based positions
From January 1, 2009, the salaries for teachers of various classifications in NSW government schools will be as follows (with increments on January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011):
| 2009 | 2010 |
2011 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year-trained teacher (eg BEd, BA/BTeach) – Salary Step 5 |
$52,745 |
$54,749 |
$56,829 |
| Five-year-trained teacher (eg BA/MTeach, BSc/MTeach, BEd/BA, BEd/BSc) – Salary Step 6 | $55,458 |
$57,565 |
$59,752 |
| Highest salary-scale classification of classroom teacher – Salary Step 13 |
$78,667 |
$81,656 | $84,759 |
| Subject head teacher in a secondary school |
$90,532 |
$93,972 |
$97,543 |
| Deputy principal (secondary or primary school) |
$105,703 |
$109,720 |
$113,889 |
| Primary school principal (Grade 1) |
$126,438 |
$131,243 |
$136,230 |
| Secondary school principal (Grade 1) |
$135,204 |
$140,342 |
$145,675 |
Non-school-based positions
From January 1, 2009, the salaries for non-school-based teaching positions in NSW (with increments due on January 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011) included:
| 2009 | 2010 |
2011 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Principal education officer |
$117,869 |
$122,348 |
$126,997 |
| Senior education officer (highest classification) |
$106,231 |
$110,268 |
$114,458 |