A person working in Teaching / Education in Serbia typically earns around 149,000 RSD per month. Salaries range from 71,300 RSD (lowest average) to 271,000 RSD (highest average, actual maximum salary is higher).
This is the average monthly salary including housing, transport, and other benefits. Salaries vary drastically between different Teaching / Education careers. If you are interested in the salary of a particular job, see below for salaries for specific job titles.
Job Title | Average Salary |
Academic Advisor | 144,000 RSD |
Academic Coach | 138,000 RSD |
Academic Manager | 159,000 RSD |
Academic Specialist | 119,000 RSD |
Academic Staff | 103,000 RSD |
Accompanist | 115,000 RSD |
Achievement Coach | 134,000 RSD |
Admissions Specialist | 119,000 RSD |
Agricultural Sciences Teacher | 107,000 RSD |
Anthropology Teacher | 116,000 RSD |
Arabic Language Teacher | 107,000 RSD |
Archeology Teacher | 114,000 RSD |
Architecture Teacher | 123,000 RSD |
Archivist | 99,200 RSD |
Art Teacher | 103,000 RSD |
Assistant School Principal | 143,000 RSD |
Assistant Teacher | 97,700 RSD |
Biochemistry Professor | 189,000 RSD |
Biology Teacher | 111,000 RSD |
Bursary Scheme Manager | 124,000 RSD |
Business Teacher | 122,000 RSD |
Chemistry Teacher | 105,000 RSD |
Child Care Coordinator | 108,000 RSD |
Child Care Worker | 86,100 RSD |
Clinical School Psychologist | 157,000 RSD |
College Aide | 143,000 RSD |
College and Career Readiness Specialist | 151,000 RSD |
College President | 247,000 RSD |
Communications Teacher | 113,000 RSD |
Community Education Officer | 92,900 RSD |
Computer Science Teacher | 110,000 RSD |
Computer Teacher | 111,000 RSD |
Creative Writing Trainer | 134,000 RSD |
Credit Counselor | 132,000 RSD |
Cultural Studies Teacher | 112,000 RSD |
Curriculum Developer | 142,000 RSD |
Curriculum Specialist | 147,000 RSD |
Demonstrator | 105,000 RSD |
Deputy Controller of Examinations | 132,000 RSD |
Director of Learning Technology | 155,000 RSD |
Distance Learning Coordinator | 125,000 RSD |
Economics Lecturer | 188,000 RSD |
Education Administrator | 122,000 RSD |
Education Assistant Director | 144,000 RSD |
Education Assistant Principal | 121,000 RSD |
Education Assistant Professor | 154,000 RSD |
Education Consultant | 161,000 RSD |
Education Coordinator | 114,000 RSD |
Education Counselor | 124,000 RSD |
Education Director | 206,000 RSD |
Education Program Specialist | 147,000 RSD |
Education Researcher | 165,000 RSD |
Education Resource Specialist | 124,000 RSD |
Education Services Facilitator | 130,000 RSD |
Educational Psychologist | 175,000 RSD |
EFL Teacher | 118,000 RSD |
eLearning Trainer | 97,600 RSD |
Elementary School Teacher | 88,500 RSD |
Engineering Lecturer | 192,000 RSD |
Engineering Teacher | 153,000 RSD |
English Teacher | 102,000 RSD |
ESL Teacher | 117,000 RSD |
Faculty Assistant | 136,000 RSD |
Foreign Language Teacher | 105,000 RSD |
GED Teacher | 99,700 RSD |
Geography Teacher | 110,000 RSD |
Head of Mathematics Department | 143,000 RSD |
Head of School | 189,000 RSD |
High School Teacher | 118,000 RSD |
History Teacher | 116,000 RSD |
Infant Teacher | 82,300 RSD |
Instructional Assistant | 116,000 RSD |
Instructor | 126,000 RSD |
Kindergarten Teacher | 92,300 RSD |
Language Instructor For Expatriate | 93,000 RSD |
Law Teacher | 152,000 RSD |
Learning Designer | 139,000 RSD |
Lecturer | 197,000 RSD |
Librarian | 93,000 RSD |
Library Assistant | 76,800 RSD |
Library Director | 129,000 RSD |
Library Specialist | 99,900 RSD |
Life Sciences Teacher | 109,000 RSD |
Math Lecturer | 193,000 RSD |
Mathematics Teacher | 120,000 RSD |
Mentor | 119,000 RSD |
Middle School Teacher | 115,000 RSD |
Music Teacher | 101,000 RSD |
Nursery Manager | 167,000 RSD |
Nursery Worker | 68,800 RSD |
Paraprofessional | 143,000 RSD |
Physical Education Specialist | 125,000 RSD |
Physical Education Teacher | 104,000 RSD |
Physics Teacher | 116,000 RSD |
Political Science Teacher | 117,000 RSD |
Post Doctoral Researcher | 172,000 RSD |
Preschool Education Administrator | 130,000 RSD |
Preschool Teacher | 95,500 RSD |
Primary School Teacher | 105,000 RSD |
Principal | 162,000 RSD |
Product Specialist | 128,000 RSD |
Professor - Accounting | 202,000 RSD |
Professor - Architecture | 204,000 RSD |
Professor - Biology | 195,000 RSD |
Professor - Business Administration | 189,000 RSD |
Professor - Chemical Engineering | 206,000 RSD |
Professor - Chemistry | 201,000 RSD |
Professor - Civil Engineering | 185,000 RSD |
Professor - Communication | 182,000 RSD |
Professor - Computer Science | 190,000 RSD |
Professor - Dentistry | 218,000 RSD |
Professor - Drama | 199,000 RSD |
Professor - Economics | 213,000 RSD |
Professor - Education | 208,000 RSD |
Professor - Electrical Engineering | 215,000 RSD |
Professor - English | 194,000 RSD |
Professor - Environmental Engineering | 206,000 RSD |
Professor - Foreign Languages | 189,000 RSD |
Professor - Geological Sciences | 194,000 RSD |
Professor - History | 195,000 RSD |
Professor - Industrial Engineering | 192,000 RSD |
Professor - Law | 207,000 RSD |
Professor - Legal Support | 183,000 RSD |
Professor - Liberal Arts | 189,000 RSD |
Professor - Marketing | 191,000 RSD |
Professor - Mathematics | 227,000 RSD |
Professor - Mechanical Engineering | 220,000 RSD |
Professor - Medical Administration | 220,000 RSD |
Professor - Medicine | 246,000 RSD |
Professor - Music | 187,000 RSD |
Professor - Nursing | 191,000 RSD |
Professor - Pharmaceutical Sciences | 199,000 RSD |
Professor - Philosophy | 200,000 RSD |
Professor - Physical Therapy | 208,000 RSD |
Professor - Physics | 213,000 RSD |
Professor - Psychology | 192,000 RSD |
Professor - Rehabilitation | 178,000 RSD |
Professor - Social Work | 173,000 RSD |
Professor - Sociology | 188,000 RSD |
Professor - Special Education | 210,000 RSD |
Psychology Teacher | 162,000 RSD |
Public Management Assistant Professor | 161,000 RSD |
School Counselor | 146,000 RSD |
Science Educator | 111,000 RSD |
Science Laboratory Assistant | 104,000 RSD |
Science Teacher | 116,000 RSD |
Secondary Mathematics Teacher | 117,000 RSD |
Secondary School Teacher | 114,000 RSD |
Special Education Teacher | 116,000 RSD |
Special Needs Assistant | 98,500 RSD |
Statistics Lecturer | 187,000 RSD |
Student Accounts Coordinator | 103,000 RSD |
Student Development Specialist | 135,000 RSD |
Student Employment Specialist | 128,000 RSD |
Student Services | 97,300 RSD |
Student Support Manager | 127,000 RSD |
Substitute Teacher | 87,900 RSD |
Teacher | 101,000 RSD |
Teacher Aide | 88,100 RSD |
Teacher Trainer | 140,000 RSD |
Training and Development Specialist | 144,000 RSD |
Training Coordinator | 99,900 RSD |
Tutor | 104,000 RSD |
University Teacher | 195,000 RSD |
Vocational Education Teacher | 109,000 RSD |
Teaching / Education salaries in Serbia range from 71,300 RSD per month (minimum average salary) to 271,000 RSD per month (maximum average salary, actual maximum is higher).
The median salary is 140,000 RSD per month, which means that half (50%) of people working in Teaching / Education are earning less than 140,000 RSD while the other half are earning more than 140,000 RSD. The median represents the middle salary value. Generally speaking, you would want to be on the right side of the graph with the group earning more than the median salary.
Closely related to the median are two values: the 25th and the 75th percentiles. Reading from the salary distribution diagram, 25% of people working in Teaching / Education are earning less than 95,000 RSD while 75% of them are earning more than 95,000 RSD. Also from the diagram, 75% of people working in Teaching / Education are earning less than 193,000 RSD while 25% are earning more than 193,000 RSD.
Both are indicators. If your salary is higher than both of the average and the median then you are doing very well. If your salary is lower than both, then many people are earning more than you and there is plenty of room for improvement. If your wage is between the average and the median, then things can be a bit complicated. We wrote a guide to explain all about the different scenarios. How to compare your salary
The experience level is the most important factor in determining the salary. Naturally the more years of experience the higher the wage.
Generally speaking, employees having experience from two to five years earn on average 32% more than freshers and juniors across all industries and disciplines.
Professionals with experience of more than five years tend to earn on average 36% more than those with five years or less of work experience.
As you hit the ten years mark, the salary increases by 21% and an additional 14% for those who have crossed the 15 years mark.
Those figures are presented as guidelines only. The numbers become more significant if you consider one job title at a time.
It is well known that higher education equals a bigger salary, but how much more money can a degree add to your income? We compared the salaries of professionals at the same level but with different college degrees levels across many jobs, below are our findings.
Workers with a certificate or diploma earn on average 17% more than their peers who only reached the high school level.
Employees who earned a Bachelor's Degree earn 24% more than those who only managed to attain a cerificate or diploma.
Professionals who attained a Master's Degree are awarded salaries that are 29% more than those with a Bachelor's Degree.
Finally, PhD holders earn 23% more than Master's Degree holders on average while doing the same job.
A Master's degree program or any post-graduate program in Serbia costs anywhere from 701,000 Serbian Dinar(s) to 2,100,000 Serbian Dinar(s) and lasts approximately two years. That is quite an investment.
You can't really expect any salary increases during the study period, assuming you already have a job. In most cases, a salary review is conducted once education is completed and the degree has been attained.
Many people pursue higher education as a tactic to switch into a higher paying job. The numbers seem to support this tactic. The average increase in compensation while changing jobs is approximately 10% more than the customary salary increment.
The decision really depends on your situation and experience among many other factors. Putting all variables aside, if you can afford the costs of higher education then the return on investment is definitely worth it. You should be able to recover the costs in roughly a year or so.
Though gender should not have an effect on pay, in reality, it does. So who gets paid more: men or women? Male employees in Serbia who work in Teaching / Education earn 6% more than their female counterparts on average.
Male | 153,000 RSD | |
Female | -6% | 144,000 RSD |
Teaching / Education professionals in Serbia are likely to observe a salary increase of approximately 7% every 19 months. The national average annual increment for all professions combined is 7% granted to employees every 20 months.
The term 'Annual Salary Increase' usually refers to the increase in 12 calendar month period, but because it is rarely that people get their salaries reviewed exactly on the one year mark, it is more meaningful to know the frequency and the rate at the time of the increase.
The annual salary Increase in a calendar year (12 months) can be easily calculated as follows: Annual Salary Increase = Increase Rate x 12 ÷ Increase Frequency
Banking | 4% | |
Energy | 8% | |
Information Technology | 3% | |
Healthcare | 7% | |
Travel | 2% | |
Construction | 6% | |
Education | 1% |
Listed above are the average annual increase rates for each industry in Serbia for the year 2022. Companies within thriving industries tend to provide higher and more frequent raises. Exceptions do exist, but generally speaking, the situation of any company is closely related to the economic situation in the country or region. These figures tend to change frequently.
Teaching / Education is considered to be a moderate bonus-based field due to the generally limited involvement in direct revenue generation, with exceptions of course. The people who get the highest bonuses are usually somehow involved in the revenue generation cycle.
54% of surveyed staff in Teaching / Education reported that they haven't received any bonuses or incentives in the previous year while 46% said that they received at least one form of monetary bonus.
Those who got bonuses reported rates ranging from 3% to 5% of their annual salary.
Received Bonus | 46% | |
No Bonus | 54% |
The most standard form of bonus where the employee is awarded based on their exceptional performance.
Company Performance BonusesOccasionally, some companies like to celebrate excess earnings and profits with their staff collectively in the form of bonuses that are granted to everyone. The amount of the bonus will probably be different from person to person depending on their role within the organization.
Goal-Based BonusesGranted upon achieving an important goal or milestone.
Holiday / End of Year BonusesThese types of bonuses are given without a reason and usually resemble an appreciation token.
People tend to confuse bonuses with commissions. A commission is a prefixed rate at which someone gets paid for items sold or deals completed while a bonus is in most cases arbitrary and unplanned.
The main two types of jobs | |
Revenue Generators | Supporting Cast |
Employees that are directly involved in generating revenue or profit for the organization. Their field of expertise usually matches the type of business. | Employees that support and facilitate the work of revenue generators. Their expertise is usually different from that of the core business operations. |
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Revenue generators usually get more and higher bonuses, higher salaries, and more frequent salary increments. The reason is quite simple: it is easier to quantify your value to the company in monetary terms when you participate in revenue generation.
Top management personnel and senior employees naturally exhibit higher bonus rates and frequencies than juniors. This is very predictable due to the inherent responsibilities of being higher in the hierarchy. People in top positions can easily get double or triple bonus rates than employees down the pyramid.
The hourly wage is the salary paid in one worked hour. Usually jobs are classified into two categories: salaried jobs and hourly jobs. Salaried jobs pay a fix amount regardless of the hours worked. Hourly jobs pay per worked hour. To convert salary into hourly wage the above formula is used (assuming 5 working days in a week and 8 working hours per day which is the standard for most jobs). The hourly wage calculation may differ slightly depending on the worked hours per week and the annual vacation allowance. The figures mentioned above are good approximations and are considered to be the standard. One major difference between salaried employees and hourly paid employees is overtime eligibility. Salaried employees are usually exempt from overtime as opposed to hourly paid staff.
The average salary for Teaching / Education is 6% more than that of All Jobs.
City | Average Salary |
Belgrade | 162,000 RSD |
Novi Sad | 155,000 RSD |
Where can you get paid more, working for a private company or for the government? Public sector employees in Serbia earn 14% more than their private sector counterparts on average across all sectors.
Private Sector | 131,000 RSD | |
Public Sector | +14% | 150,000 RSD |