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International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy

Table 2 Comparing public/non-profit preschool teacher monthly wages (in USD) across the four cities

From: Compensation of Chinese early childhood teachers: a preliminary study in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Taipei

City

Median wage

Starting wage

Maximum wage

Working hours/week

Hourly wage (median)

Hong Kong

2,248a

1,606a

2,952a

44b

12.77

Shenzhen

1,671

1,321

1,776

40

10.44

Singapore

1,508b

971b

1,830b

44b

8.57b

Taipei

2,124

1,522

2,850

40

13.28a

  1. aThe best one among the four cities. bThe worst one among the four cities.
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