Finance and Accounting salaries in Iceland
The median senior Finance and Accounting salary in Iceland is ISK 11,718,000 per year, with the market band from ISK 10,680,000 to ISK 12,756,000 (px.hagstofa.is, 2026-09-04).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- P25
- ISK 13,596,000
- Median
- ISK 16,344,000
- P75
- ISK 22,800,000
- per month
- ISK 1,362,000
About ISK 1,362,000 per month at the median.
Published title: 1231 Finance and administration 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=180 observations. Full ordered band: published lower quartile, median and upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time). Corroboration: SSF finance-sector union survey (Gallup, Nov 2025, 84.1 pct response) mean salary 1,145k ISK. Same-cell alternatives: 123 Other department managers pooled (basic p50 1202k, n=1080).
lead (High quality data)
- Median
- ISK 12,756,000
- per month
- ISK 1,063,000
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: 2411 Accountants (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=220 observations. floor-only: the published upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time, all experience levels pooled) serves as the disclosed lead floor.
senior (High quality data)
- P25
- ISK 10,680,000
- Median
- ISK 11,718,000
- P75
- ISK 12,756,000
- per month
- ISK 976,500
About ISK 976,500 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: 2411 Accountants (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=220 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: 3433 Bookkeepers (associate level, below senior).
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://www.ssf.is/frettir/nidurstodur-launakonnunar-2025
- 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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