Education and Teaching salaries in Austria
The median senior Education and Teaching salary in Austria is €45,710 per year, with the market band from €24,697 to €67,559 (statistik.at, 2026-09-02).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- P25
- €63,714
- Median
- €107,866
- P75
- €188,000
- per month
- €8,989
About €8,989 per month at the median.
Occupation: OEISCO-08 11; the Austrian label explicitly includes 'leitende Verwaltungsbedienstete' (senior civil servants, i.e. education system leadership), n=24,500. Basis authority: Statistik Austria table 'Bruttojahreseinkommen der unselbststaendig Erwerbstaetigen nach Berufsgruppen 2023', quartile header '... verdienen weniger als ... EUR'; payroll tax, social insurance and microcensus data, employees 15+ resident in Austria, apprentices excluded. Published Dec 2024. Same-cell alternatives: public sector leadership band 61,691/78,227/90,173, n=21,700; ISCO 12 band 47,141/74,353/106,412.
lead (High quality data)
- P25
- €61,691
- Median
- €78,227
- P75
- €90,173
- per month
- €6,519
About €6,519 per month at the median.
Occupation: AEB function 'Fuehrende Taetigkeiten' among Oeffentlich Bedienstete (public sector leadership: school administration and similar), n=21,700, 2023. Basis authority: Statistik Austria 'Bruttojahreseinkommen der unselbststaendig Erwerbstaetigen nach Funktionen 2023'. Same-cell alternatives: all-sector leadership band 50,723/77,214/113,521, n=148,200; ISCO 13 band 52,682/76,171/100,150.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- €24,697
- Median
- €45,710
- P75
- €67,559
- per month
- €3,809
About €3,809 per month at the median.
Occupation: OEISCO-08 23 'Lehrkraefte' (teaching professionals), n=294,600, all sectors. Basis authority: Statistik Austria table 'Bruttojahreseinkommen der unselbststaendig Erwerbstaetigen nach Berufsgruppen 2023', quartile header '... verdienen weniger als ... EUR'; payroll tax, social insurance and microcensus data, employees 15+ resident in Austria, apprentices excluded. Published Dec 2024. Band spans all experience levels and includes many part-time teachers, which pulls p25 down; senior full-time teachers sit near p75. Same-cell alternatives: AEB public sector highly qualified activities band 37,725/55,176/74,614, n=276,400 (most teachers are public servants); VSE 2022 excludes public administration units, so its teacher figures are not representative.
Sources for these numbers
- https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/pages/334/3_Unselbststaendig_Erwerbstaetige_Berufsgruppen.ods
- https://www.statistik.at/fileadmin/pages/334/4_Unselbststaendig_Erwerbstaetige_Funktionen.ods
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