Wages for New South Wales school teachers should be up to 25% higher before the end of the decade to counter long-term wage suppression and inflation, according to researchers from the University of Sydney who found educators were among the worst-paid professions.
In an update to a 2020 teacher salary report created for the Gallop inquiry into teaching in the state, Prof John Buchanan concluded pay for teachers had gone “from bad to worse, with the situation set to deteriorate further” due to cost-of-living pressures.
