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Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional Salary in Finland 2026
Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional pay is typically €4,480 a month.
The median salary is €4,480 and the average €4,680 a month. The figures are Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation group “Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals” (2024), raised to July–September 2026. About €3,161 is left after tax.
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The curve is Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation, raised to July–September 2026.
Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional pay by employer sector, and starting pay
Statistics Finland’s median for full-time employees in each employer sector, raised to July–September 2026 with that sector’s own pay growth.
| Employer | Median now | Median 2024 | Full-time employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Private sector | ≈€4,920 | €4,614 | 1,000 |
| State | ≈€5,060 | €4,889 | 333 |
Pay is highest in central government (about €5,060) and lowest in the private sector (about €4,920).
How tight is the Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional job market?
At the end of September 2026, the occupation group biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals had 32.4 unemployed jobseekers per open job, counting JobCrawls ads as well as the employment service register. The register alone gives 136.2: it only sees vacancies reported to the public employment services, and many jobs, most professional ones among them, are advertised only elsewhere.
The lower the number, the tighter the market: more openings for each jobseeker, and employers compete harder to hire. Across all occupations the figure is 9.7 (12.1 in the register alone).
Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals
Register and JobCrawls ads32.4
Employment service register136.2
All occupations
Register and JobCrawls ads9.7
Employment service register12.1
JobCrawls analysis of Statistics Finland and JobCrawls data. Unemployed jobseekers and vacancies: Statistics Finland, Employment Service Statistics (CC BY 4.0), end of September 2026. Open jobs are the register’s vacancies plus JobCrawls ads that are not on Job Market Finland. One ad can be for several positions, and ads we could not place in an occupation group are left out. · Data and reuse
Where the Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional pay estimate comes from
Every figure on this page, who it counts and where it comes from. The headline is Statistics Finland’s; the job ads only set the differences between cities, sectors, levels, skills and languages.
Full-time employees in “Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals”, 2,639
- Median, estimated for today≈€4,480July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.3%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
- Average, estimated for today≈€4,680July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.3%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
- Middle half, estimated for today≈€3,520 – €5,540July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
- Median€4,2112024 · Statistics Finland 15au
- Average€4,4032024 · Statistics Finland 15au
- Bottom and top 10% lines€2,649 / €6,3272024 · Statistics Finland 15au
| Figure | € / month | Who is counted | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median, estimated for today | ≈€4,480 | Full-time employees in “Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals”, 2,639 | July–September 2026, our estimate | 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.3%, 14uw/14uv) ↗ |
| Average, estimated for today | ≈€4,680 | |||
| Middle half, estimated for today | ≈€3,520 – €5,540 | Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines | ||
| Median | €4,211 | 2024 | Statistics Finland 15au | |
| Average | €4,403 | |||
| Bottom and top 10% lines | €2,649 / €6,327 |
Statistics Finland publishes earnings by occupation once a year; the latest is 2024. Like the salary hub, we raise each figure by how much average full-time pay has grown since in the employer sectors where the occupation works, so today’s levels are estimates (≈).
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Common questions about Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional pay
Short answers from the same figures.
What does a Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional earn in Finland?
The median salary is about €4,480 and the average about €4,680 a month, from Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation raised to July–September 2026.
How much of a Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional’s pay is left after tax?
From €4,480 a month, about €3,161 is left after tax and the employee’s own contributions, at the average municipal tax rate without church tax.
What is the hourly pay for a Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional?
About €28.00 an hour, counting the Statistics Finland median of €4,480 a month over 160 working hours.
What is Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional pay in the private sector?
In the private sector the median is about €4,920 a month, against about €5,060 in central government.
Is Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professional pay good?
The median of €4,480 is 19% above the median for all full-time employees in Finland (€3,772).
Work and training
A biologist, botanist, zoologist or related professional, for example a biologist, microbiologist, biochemist, ecologist, zoologist or botanist, studies living organisms and their interaction with each other and the environment and applies this knowledge to problems of human health and the environment. According to the Job Market Finland description of a microbiologist, jobs are found in environmental administration, research institutes, universities, laboratories, and the food and pharmaceutical industries. The education is a university higher degree in bio and environmental sciences, for example a master of science.
Sources: api.stat.fi, tyomarkkinatori.fi
How much is left after tax
| Gross a month | Take-home a month | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest-paid tenth | €2,816 | €2,258 |
| Median | €4,480 | €3,161 |
| Best-paid tenth | €6,726 | €4,275 |
Gross pay from Statistics Finland. Take-home after income tax at the average municipal rate, without church tax, and the employee’s pension and unemployment insurance contributions.
Companies hiring Biologist, botanist, zoologist and related professionals
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