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How much are academics paid in different national systems?

I’ve been curious about this since discovering Australian salaries are vastly higher than UK salaries. This recruitment site suggests that UK salaries are actually mid-tier for European higher education which surprised me. It also illustrates different salary ranges across systems. It seems to be sourced from different national associations though there’s at least one obvious mistake, where it suggests associate professors in Sweden have a lower median salary than assistant professors.

This seems more reliable (below) but I’m confused about the discrepancy between Australia/UK on this picture. It converts as £38k average starting salary for entry level lecturer positions in the UK which sounds right, but the Australian figures seem utterly contrary to what I’ve seen and had described to me. The take away point for me from both is that pay in the UK is nowhere near as bad as I’d begun to assume, even if I’m still not entirely confident in my understanding of where it sits internationally.

I also learned this week there are publishing bonuses is parts of French higher education which makes me wonder about benefits beyond core salary. I wonder also how this compares to relative cost of living. The findings about junior/senior ratios are interesting: apparently 4.3 to 1 in China and 1.3 to 1 in Norway at the two ends of the spectrum.

Monthly Average Salaries of Public Higher Education Faculty, Using U.S. PPP Dollars

 Country                 EntryAverageTop
Armenia   $405   $538   $665
Russia   433   617   910
China   259   7201,107
Ethiopia   8641,2071,580
Kazakhstan1,0371,5532,304
Latvia1,0871,7852,654
Mexico1,3361,9412,730
Czech Republic1,6552,4953,967
Turkey2,1732,5973,898
Colombia1,9652,7024,058
Brazil1,8583,1794,550
Japan2,8973,4734,604
France1,9733,4844,775
Argentina3,1513,7554,385
Malaysia2,8244,6287,864
Nigeria2,7584,6296,229
Israel3,5254,7476,377
Norway4,4914,9405,847
Germany4,8855,1416,383
Netherlands3,4725,3137,123
Australia3,9305,7137,499
United Kingdom4,0775,9438,369
Saudi Arabia3,4576,0028,524
United States4,9506,0547,358
India3,9546,0707,433
South Africa 3,9276,5319,330
Italy3,5256,9559,118
Canada5,7337,1969,485
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/03/22/new-study-analyzes-how-faculty-pay-compares-worldwide

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