Salary services
The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland maintains up-to-date information on the salary levels of engineers and technology professionals. The annually published salary statistics are based on the salary levels of thousands of engineers and technology professionals. The Union also publishes salary recommendations for the recently graduated as well as for summer jobs and internships. Our salary counseling tools and personal salary counseling services are helpful, for example, when it comes to deciding your salary requirement for a new job.
Salary statistics
Salary statistics include salary tables for different industries, positions and geographical areas, for example. The statistics are based on the salary information of more than 8,000 engineers.
Salary counter
The Salary counter tool helps you gauge a suitable salary requirement when applying for a new job, for example. When you want to negotiate a salary, check the salary statistics and use the Salary counter to find a good range for your salary requirement.
Salary recommendations
The Union of Professional Engineers in Finland publishes annual salary recommendations for recently graduated engineers as well as for summer jobs and internships. See the salary recommendations.
Personal salary counseling
The experts of the Union of Professional Engineers in Finland’s salary counseling team provide personal salary counseling at different stages of the career.
Tips for salary negotiations
You can find good tips for salary negotiations on the Member pages.
Overview of engineers
| Share of women | 18% |
| Average age | 42 years |
| Average number of years in the industry | 15 years |
| In a permanent, full-time position | 88 % |
| Average total working hours | 39.0 h/week |
| Position | |
| – senior management, entrepreneur | 1 % |
| – management | 4 % |
| – higher middle management | 10 % |
| – lower middle management | 12 % |
| – expert | 70 % |
| – clerical worker | 3 % |
| Gross salary, average | EUR 4,904/month |
| Gross salary, median | EUR 4,594/month |
| Starting salary, median | EUR 3,900/month |
| Employer, private sector | 89 % |
| Employer, public sector | 11 % |