Full-time employees in Finland earned a median monthly income of €3,611 in 2024, according to preliminary data released by Statistics Finland. The average monthly income was €4,070.
Men earned a median of €3,884 per month. Women earned €3,373.
The highest-paid 10 percent received at least €6,115 per month. The lowest-paid 10 percent earned less than €2,477.
Employees with doctoral-level education had the highest median income at €5,685. Those without any post-basic education or with no available data had the lowest.
The most common education levels among employees were upper secondary, lower tertiary, and higher tertiary degrees.
Among those with upper secondary qualifications, technical fields reported the highest earnings. Within tertiary education, the highest median incomes were in ICT and telecommunications. Fields with the lowest earnings included social services, personal services, and health and welfare among upper secondary graduates, and education, humanities, and arts among tertiary graduates.
Employees in the wellbeing services counties received the highest share of overtime and additional pay. The difference between regular working time pay and total earnings was largest in that sector. In contrast, employees in other local government sectors, such as municipalities and joint municipal authorities, had the smallest gap between basic and total pay.
The structure of earnings data has changed. The 2024 statistics include more comprehensive coverage, adding small employers previously not included in the dataset.
The new data covers around 1.7 million full-time and 2.4 million total wage earners as of October. This compares to 1.5 million full-time and 1.9 million total wage earners in the 2023 dataset.
The statistics cover employees working in businesses, financial and insurance institutions, public entities, and non-profit organisations serving households. Households as employers are excluded.
Total earnings include regular working time pay, as well as pay for overtime and additional hours. One-time payments, such as bonuses or holiday pay, are excluded. Figures are gross, with taxes and other deductions not accounted for.
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