HR and People salaries in Iceland
The median senior HR and People salary in Iceland is ISK 12,828,000 per year, with the market band from ISK 11,544,000 to ISK 14,112,000 (px.hagstofa.is, 2026-09-04).
By seniority
executive (High quality data)
- P25
- ISK 14,400,000
- Median
- ISK 17,568,000
- P75
- ISK 22,128,000
- per month
- ISK 1,464,000
About ISK 1,464,000 per month at the median.
Published title: 1232 Personnel and industrial relations 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=90 observations. full ordered band: published lower quartile, median and upper quartile (basic earnings, full-time).
lead (High quality data)
- Median
- ISK 14,112,000
- per month
- ISK 1,176,000
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: 2412 Personnel and careers 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=250 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 11,544,000
- Median
- ISK 12,828,000
- P75
- ISK 14,112,000
- per month
- ISK 1,069,000
About ISK 1,069,000 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: 2412 Personnel and careers 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=250 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.
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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