Working as a teacher in Australia
What official sources say about working as a teacher in Australia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Australia, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021). Teacher is a regulated profession in Australia. Foreign qualifications go through: AITSL migration assessment requires at least four years of full-time university-level study including an initial teacher-education qualification. A successful migration assessment is separate from registration with the intended State/Territory regulator. In Australia, teachers are listed on the 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- AITSL migration assessment requires at least four years of full-time university-level study including an initial teacher-education qualification. A successful migration assessment is separate from registration with the intended State/Territory regulator.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Australia: ≈ 4,662 EUR/month (gross, 2021), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of teachers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Teacher is a regulated profession in Australia.
- Recognition route
- AITSL migration assessment requires at least four years of full-time university-level study including an initial teacher-education qualification. A successful migration assessment is separate from registration with the intended State/Territory regulator.
- Recognition authority
- AITSL for the migration skills assessment; the relevant State/Territory teacher-registration authority for permission to teach.
- Language requirement
- AITSL migration assessment English criterion can be met through its study option or a suitable Academic IELTS Test Report Form; teacher-registration authorities may have separate requirements.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for teacher in Australia: 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Teacher in Australia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 5e65cc863609fcfb4d26a63209e163a4]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/australia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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