After the income checks for employees with compulsory education, with an AHS-Matura and with a diploma, the comparison now follows for employees with compulsory education as the highest educational qualification. For the first time, the “Krone” is shown in clear graphs when compulsory school graduates are considered top earners.
More than half a million employees – 509,471 in particular – have compulsory education as the highest educational qualification in Austria. For the first time, we list the income that could put you among the top earners in this group: ten, 20, 30, etc. percent. The figures are also available separately for full-time and part-time employees. The renowned compensation expert Conrad Pramböck also gives three tips on how you can increase your salary even without a higher formal qualification. And he explains the income benefits of completing more than just compulsory education.
Source: Krone
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