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In England and Scotland, maximum salaries are 152 per cent and 33 per cent higher than minimum salaries at each level of education respectively.The report analyses the pay gap between teachers with “maximum qualifications” at the top of the salary scale and those with “minimum qualifications”, who are just starting out.Main Findings:The employment advantage of an upper secondary vocational qualification over a general one tends to weaken over the life-course. On average across OECD countries, the employment rate of 25-34 year-old adults with an upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary vocational qualification (82%) is similar to that among 45-54 year-olds (83%), whereas employment increases from 73% to 80% among those with a general qualification. In contrast, the employment advantage for tertiary-educated adults widens among older age groups. Earnings are also lower: while adults with an upper secondary vocational qualification have similar earnings to those with a general one, they earn 34% less than tertiary-educated adults on average across OECD countries. Poorer labour-market prospects may have contributed to the decline in the share of adults with an upper secondary vocational qualification across the generations: 21% of 25-34 year-olds held such a qualification in 2019 compared to 26% of 45-54 year-olds on average. In contrast, the share of tertiary-educated adults has risen from 35% among the older generation to 45% among young adults. Greater educational attainment brings increasing rewards. On average across OECD countries, full-time workers with upper secondary or post-secondary non-tertiary education earn 23% more than those without, while those with a tertiary degree earn 54% more than those with an upper secondary education. However, these averages mask significant variation depending on the fields studied. 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Editorial/Opinion

Education that truly is for every child

4 Dec 2018