Ranking of shame: Brazil has one of the worst teacher salaries in the world

While some professions earn more than R$10,000 per month, others continue to struggle to guarantee the basics. A survey by LCA 4intelligence shows that 20 occupations in the country did not reach the minimum wage in 2024, revealing a reality marked by income inequality. Even with the national average salary reaching R$3,225 in the last quarter of the year — the highest since 2012, according to the Continuous National Household Sample Survey —, t…

By Valter Mattos da Costa* Being a teacher in Brazil has become a practice of daily resistance. It is not just the paycheck that is denouncing. Also the excessive demands, institutional neglect and constant exposure to risk. The reality in the classrooms reveals a model that demands total dedication, but responds with incompatible salaries, structures […]