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CFO Salary in Finland 2026

Also listed under: Talousjohtaja

CFO pay is typically €8,680 a month.

The middle half of the pay runs from €7,000 to €10,920. About €5,231 is left after tax. The median for all occupations in Finland is €3,772.

Monthly pay before tax

middle half€5,000€10,000€15,000median €8,680average €9,370

What raises and lowers CFO pay?

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CFO pay by factor: the difference seen in job ads, applied to the median of €8,680
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The curve is Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation group “Finance managers” (2024), raised to July–September 2026. Each bar applies the pay difference seen in job ads to it: 2 ads state the pay. A paler bar means fewer than 20 ads.

Updated 9 November 2026Cite this page

How we estimate pay

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CFO 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.

EmployerMedian nowFull-time employees
Private sector≈€8,7603,319
Municipalities≈€7,550192

Pay is highest in the private sector (about €8,760) and lowest in municipalities (about €7,550).

Work and training

A CFO (talousjohtaja) is a senior management role responsible for an organisation's finances. A common academic route is a master's degree in business (kauppatieteiden maisteri, KTM), which is 120 credits and usually takes about two years after the 180-credit bachelor's degree. No collective agreement is tied to the title. Agreements often exclude management: the chemical industry's agreement for upper salaried employees does not apply to those who lead a company or an independent part of it.

Sources: ekonomit.fi, kemianteollisuus.fi

How much is left after tax

Gross a monthTake-home a month
Lowest-paid tenth€5,808€3,825
Lower quarter of the range€7,000€4,409
Median€8,680€5,231
Upper quarter of the range€10,920€6,328
Best-paid tenth€13,681€7,679

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.

How tight is the CFO job market?

At the end of September 2026, the occupation group finance managers had 12.1 unemployed jobseekers per open job, counting JobCrawls ads as well as the employment service register. The register alone gives 47.0: 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).

Finance managers

Register and JobCrawls ads12.1
Employment service register47.0

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 CFO 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 method and sourcesData and reuse

Full-time employees in “Finance managers”, 3,657

  • Median, estimated for today≈€8,680July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.6%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Average, estimated for today≈€9,370July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.6%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Middle half, estimated for today≈€7,000 – €10,920July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
  • Median€8,1442024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Average€8,7932024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Bottom and top 10% lines€5,449 / €12,8362024 · Statistics Finland 15au

2 job ads for the role that state the pay

  • Median starting pay offered€7,655Last 12 months · JobCrawls

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 CFO pay

Short answers from the same figures.

What does a CFO earn in Finland?

The median salary is about €8,680 and the average about €9,370 a month, from Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation raised to July–September 2026.

How much of a CFO’s pay is left after tax?

From €8,680 a month, about €5,231 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 CFO?

About €54.25 an hour, counting the Statistics Finland median of €8,680 a month over 160 working hours.

What is CFO pay in the private sector?

In the private sector the median is about €8,760 a month, against about €7,550 in municipalities.

Is CFO pay good?

The median of €8,680 is 130% above the median for all full-time employees in Finland (€3,772).
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Keravan Evankelisluterilainen Seurakunta
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Companies hiring CFOs

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