This study aims to compare the wage gap between teachers and non-teachers in careers typically related to the teaching profession (Biology, Mathematics, Linguistics and Pedagogy). The objective is to understand the factors associated with the higher wages of teachers for profissionals aged 18 to 27. The results suggest the existence of a wage differential favoring teachers, both in average and also in quantiles 10 and 50 in 2010. In quantile 90, we do not find wage gap between teachers and nonteachers. The differentials are mainly explained by differences in returns associated to characteristics that determine wages. For instance, in quantile 50, to be a public sector employee is associated with a higher wage for teachers than for non-teachers. On the other hand, a very small fraction of the differential is associated with different composition of the teacher and non-teacher groups. Differences in coefficientes regarding region or residence and city population size are the only factors that individually explain the wage gap for those in quantiles 10 and 50.
