Education and Teaching salaries in Finland

lead (High quality data)

P25

€61,896

Median

€77,832

P75

€100,080

per month

€6,486

About €6,486 per month at the median.

Published occupation: 1345 Education managers (Classification of Occupations 2010). Statistics Finland Structure of Earnings 2024, table 15au, sector total, all sexes. Basis authority: content label 'total earnings of full-time wage and salary earners, EUR per month'; stat.fi states figures are gross earnings including regularly paid bonuses, benefits in kind and overtime compensations, excluding holiday and performance-based bonuses. Band fields carry the published 1st decile, median and 9th decile (source publishes deciles, not quartiles). Earner count n=3694. Data year 2024. Covers principals (rehtori) and education directors. Same-cell alternative: 23104 Head teachers (polytechnics) median 6387 (deciles 5928 to 7364, n=522).

senior (High quality data)

P25

€42,108

Median

€56,172

P75

€68,832

per month

€4,681

About €4,681 per month at the median.

Published occupation: 2330 Secondary education teachers (Classification of Occupations 2010). Statistics Finland Structure of Earnings 2024, table 15au, sector total, all sexes. Basis authority: content label 'total earnings of full-time wage and salary earners, EUR per month'; stat.fi states figures are gross earnings including regularly paid bonuses, benefits in kind and overtime compensations, excluding holiday and performance-based bonuses. Band fields carry the published 1st decile, median and 9th decile (source publishes deciles, not quartiles). Earner count n=19147. Data year 2024. Alternatives: 2310 University and higher education teachers median 5147 (deciles 2901 to 7331, n=16168); 2341 Primary school teachers median 4175 (n=22807); 2352 Special needs teachers median 4491 (n=8720); aggregate 23 Teaching professionals median 4152, n=115473.