Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) salaries in Iceland
The median senior Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical) salary in Iceland is ISK 14,820,000 per year, with the market band from ISK 13,596,000 to ISK 16,044,000 (px.hagstofa.is, 2026-09-04).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- P25
- ISK 10,848,000
- Median
- ISK 13,344,000
- P75
- ISK 16,188,000
- per month
- ISK 1,112,000
About ISK 1,112,000 per month at the median.
Published title: 122 Production and operations department managers (table VIN02001, Statistics Iceland, data year 2025, released 13 May 2026). Basis authority: Statistics Iceland survey metadata defines basic earnings as monthly remuneration for regular daytime working hours without supplements, gross, full-time equivalent. Sample: n=2200 observations. full ordered band: published lower quartile, median and upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time). Same-cell alternatives: 1222 manufacturing (p50 1322k, n=190), 1223 construction (1240k, n=50).
lead (High quality data)
- Median
- ISK 16,044,000
- per month
- ISK 1,337,000
This level publishes a median only; no percentiles are available.
Only a floor figure is published for this cell; the stored value is that floor, and the true market center is likely higher. Published title: 214 Architects, engineers and related professionals (table VIN02001, Statistics Iceland, data year 2025, released 13 May 2026). Basis authority: Statistics Iceland survey metadata defines basic earnings as monthly remuneration for regular daytime working hours without supplements, gross, full-time equivalent. Sample: n=1110 observations. floor-only: the published upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time, all experience levels pooled) serves as the disclosed lead floor. Same-cell alternatives: 2142 Civil engineers p75 1541k for civil-only lead.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- ISK 13,596,000
- Median
- ISK 14,820,000
- P75
- ISK 16,044,000
- per month
- ISK 1,235,000
About ISK 1,235,000 per month at the median.
p50 is the midpoint of the source's published span; the span endpoints are stored as p25 and p75 and are wider than quartiles. Published title: 214 Architects, engineers and related professionals (table VIN02001, Statistics Iceland, data year 2025, released 13 May 2026). Basis authority: Statistics Iceland survey metadata defines basic earnings as monthly remuneration for regular daytime working hours without supplements, gross, full-time equivalent. Sample: n=1110 observations. Statistics Iceland publishes no seniority split, so the pooled all-experience distribution stands in: SPAN uses the published median and upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time) as the senior band endpoints. Same-cell alternatives: 2142 Civil (p50 1240k, n=170), 2143 Electrical (1179k, n=50), 2145 Mechanical (1167k, n=110), 2144 Electronics and telecom (1050k, n=50).
Sources for these numbers
- https://px.hagstofa.is/pxen/pxweb/en/Samfelag/Samfelag__launogtekjur__1_laun__1_laun/VIN02001.px
- https://hagstofas3bucket.hagstofa.is/hagstofan/media/public/2019/909fa621-0a4a-4629-a9a8-7094ee4db801.pdf
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_48?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=IS&indic_se=ERN&unit=NAC&sex=T&sizeclas=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&isco08=OC1
- https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/earn_ses22_48?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=IS&indic_se=ERN&unit=NAC&sex=T&sizeclas=TOTAL&nace_r2=B-S_X_O&isco08=OC2
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