Ministry of Education and Training informs about new salary calculation method for teachers from January 1, 2026

Dr. Vu Minh Duc, Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers, Ministry of Education and Training, talked about the new salary calculation method for teachers from January 1, 2026.

Speaking with Lao Dong, Dr. Vu Minh Duc, Director of the Department of Teachers and Educational Managers, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), said that in the process of developing the Law on Teachers, the MOET has also drafted decrees and circulars, including a decree regulating salary policies for teachers.

Mr. Duc said that point b, clause 1, Article 23 of the Law on Teachers stipulates that "Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system" and assigns the Government to specify details on salary policies for teachers.

Dr. Vu Minh Duc, Director of the Department of Teachers andEducational Managers, Ministry of Education and Training, said that the Ministry is developing a Decree regulating salary policies for teachers. Photo: Van Trang

"This is an important basis for the Government to have regulations related to teachers' salaries to ensure the policy of "ranking the highest" - Mr. Duc said.

According to Mr. Duc, teachers' salaries will still be calculated according to the formula: Salary = Salary coefficient x Basic salary.

However, in the draft Decree regulating salary policies, allowances, support and attraction regimes for teachers in the draft Law on Teachers, the Ministry of Education and Training plans to advise the Government to rearrange the salary tables of a number of teacher positions (such as preschool teachers, general education teachers, university preparatory teachers, vocational education teachers of grade IV, etc.) to ensure consistency in the salary tables applied to professional positions of teachers and civil servants and other sectors and fields; at the same time, ensuring the living standards of teachers, helping teachers feel secure in their work and contribute to the cause of education.

At the same time, the draft Decree also stipulates a specific salary coefficient for teachers at a level of 1.1 - 1.6 depending on the level of education and training, ensuring that teachers' salaries are higher than those of civil servants on the same salary scale applied in other sectors and fields; reducing the salary gap between young teachers and experienced teachers in the same job position.

"These proposed solutions are implemented in the context of salary payment still being implemented according to the provisions of Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP and will be the basis for salary rearrangement when the Government issues a new salary policy to ensure that teachers' salaries are "ranked highest" - Mr. Duc emphasized.

The Director of the Department of Teachers and Education Management Staff informed that in addition to regulations on salary and allowance policies, the Law on Teachers also stipulates policies to support, attract and employ teachers.

Accordingly, all teachers are entitled to allowances according to the nature of their work and region; training and development support; periodic health care and occupational health care support; mobility allowances for teachers working in literacy, universal education, secondment, enhanced teaching, inter-school teaching, teaching at school locations and other support policies according to current laws.

At the same time, teachers working in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, islands and areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions are entitled to rent public housing in accordance with the provisions of the law on housing or are guaranteed collective accommodation.

In cases where collective accommodation or public housing cannot be arranged, teachers are supported with housing rental costs according to the level of support for public housing rental as prescribed by law. These support policies are not necessarily new, but for the first time, there are comprehensive regulations to ensure that all teachers, regardless of public or non-public sector, enjoy support policies, ensuring conditions for teachers to continuously develop their careers.

Source: https://hanoimoi.vn/bo-giao-duc-va-dao-tao-thong-tin-ve-cach-tinh-luong-moi-cua-giao-vien-tu-1-1-2026-706475.html