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Construction Worker Salary in Finland 2026

Also listed under: Construction Workers

Construction Worker pay is typically €3,330 a month.

The middle half of the pay runs from €2,830 to €3,900. About €2,562 is left after tax. In job ads that state the pay, the median is €2,490 (677 ads). The median for all occupations in Finland is €3,772.

Monthly pay before tax

middle half€2,000€3,000€4,000€5,000€6,000median €3,330average €3,400

What raises and lowers Construction Worker pay?

  • Private company+€215
  • Carpentry+€146
  • Vantaa+€53
  • Helsinki+€47
  • Junior−€128
  • Physical fitness−€173
  • Intern−€195
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Construction Worker pay by factor: the difference seen in job ads, applied to the median of €3,330
FactorDifferenceAds
Private company+€21549
Carpentry+€14636
Senior+€10838
Construction work+€8161
Construction tools+€7641
Construction+€7539
Construction skills+€7479
Material handling+€6523
Vantaa+€5382
Construction experience+€5221
Helsinki+€47133
Tampere+€44144
Mid-level+€29589
Jyväskylä−€3931
Count each

Every job ad counts once, so employers that post many ads weigh more.

The curve is Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation group “Building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified” (2024), raised to July–September 2026. Each bar applies the pay difference seen in job ads to it: 677 ads state the pay. A paler bar means fewer than 20 ads.

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How we estimate pay

What salary should you ask for?

Ask for €2,500–2,650 a month.

That is the median to the upper quartile of the pay stated in 677 job ads. About €2,057 to €2,149 is left after tax.

your ask

ad median €2,490middle half of ads

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“My salary expectation is €2,600 a month.”

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251 open Construction Worker jobs

The best-paid ad offers €2,800–3,400 · 83 new this week

All 251 open jobs

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Construction Worker pay by employer sector, and starting pay

Collective agreement minimum

Construction Worker pay by job title

Job titles in the same occupation, each with the median of the pay its ads state. Titles with fewer than 5 such ads are left out.

Construction Worker earnings with supplements are about €840 higher than ads say

Job ads state the base pay. Statistics Finland counts everyone in the job, shift supplements included.

Advertised pay€2,490Earnings with supplements€3,333+€843€2,500€3,500€4,500

Who pays what

Median pay stated in the open ads of each employer.

Median advertised pay by employer
EmployerSectorAdsMedian a month
Carrot Tampere OyStaffing agencies6€2,720
Worker Finland OyStaffing agencies9€2,536
Tocca GroupStaffing agencies6€2,520
Wulff Works OyStaffing agencies8€2,505
WorkPower OyStaffing agencies5€2,505
Amiko OyStaffing agencies5€2,480
Lokki Henkilöstöpalvelut OyStaffing agencies3€2,480
Arwo Rekry OyStaffing agencies3€2,418

Employers with at least 3 open ads that state a salary.

How much is left after tax

Gross a monthTake-home a month
Lowest-paid tenth€2,438€2,019
Lower quarter of the range€2,830€2,268
Median€3,330€2,562
Upper quarter of the range€3,900€2,862
Best-paid tenth€4,458€3,150

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.

Construction Worker Salary by City

Bar shows P25–P75 band. Vertical line = median. All values in EUR/month.

What is left after rent

Pay is highest in Vantaa, but the most is left after rent in Jyväskylä: €1,505 a month once a one-room flat is paid for. That is €75 more than in Vantaa.

CityPayTake-homeOne-room rentLeft
Jyväskylä€2,480€2,033€528€1,505
Oulu€2,416€1,994€530€1,464
Tampere€2,490€2,050€605€1,445
Turku€2,400€2,005€568€1,437
Vantaa€2,560€2,120€690€1,430
Helsinki€2,560€2,144€730€1,414
Espoo€2,490€2,100€715€1,385

Pay is the median in each city’s job ads. Take-home is after income tax at the city’s 2026 municipal rate, without church tax, and the employee’s pension and unemployment insurance contributions. Rent is the median total rent of a non-subsidised one-room flat in Q3 2026; Espoo’s figure covers Espoo and Kauniainen. Rents: Statistics Finland, rents of dwellings (CC BY 4.0)

Pay by seniority

Median advertised pay by the role level stated in the ad.

Median advertised pay by seniority level
LevelAdsMedian a month
Intern9rough€2,222
Junior27€2,258
Mid-level589€2,490
Senior38€2,605

Fewer than 10 ads: indicative only.

Pay in related roles

How tight is the Construction Worker job market?

At the end of September 2026, the occupation group building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified had 2.4 unemployed jobseekers per open job, counting JobCrawls ads as well as the employment service register. The register alone gives 3.7: 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).

Building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified

Register and JobCrawls ads2.4
Employment service register3.7

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

How will AI change Construction Worker work?

Estimate for the broader occupation category: Building and related trades workers (excluding electricians)

High exposure

LowModerateHigh

Research suggests AI is more likely to change parts of this job than replace it entirely.

Source: OECD: Automation, skills use and training (Nedelkoska & Quintini, 2018)

Where the Construction Worker 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 “Building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified”, 5,214

  • Median, estimated for today≈€3,330July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.6%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Average, estimated for today≈€3,400July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.6%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Middle half, estimated for today≈€2,830 – €3,900July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
  • Median€3,1272024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Average€3,1922024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Bottom and top 10% lines€2,287 / €4,1832024 · Statistics Finland 15au

677 job ads for the role that state the pay

  • Median starting pay offered€2,490Last 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 Construction Worker pay

Short answers from the same figures.

What does a Construction Worker earn in Finland?

The median salary is about €3,330 and the average about €3,400 a month, from Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation raised to July–September 2026. Job ads for the role state a median of €2,490: ads quote base pay, without shift supplements.

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

From €3,330 a month, about €2,562 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 Construction Worker?

About €20.81 an hour, counting the Statistics Finland median of €3,330 a month over 160 working hours.

What is the starting pay for a Construction Worker?

Ads for junior roles put the median at €2,258 a month, against €2,605 for senior roles. Under the Construction sector collective agreement, the table pay is at least €12.59 an hour (pay group I, from 1/6/2026). It is a minimum: employers may pay more, not less.

Which collective agreement sets Construction Worker pay?

The agreement is Construction sector collective agreement (pay group I).

Is Construction Worker pay good?

The median of €3,330 is 12% below the median for all full-time employees in Finland (€3,772).
251 open Construction Worker jobsThe best-paid ad offers €2,800–€3,400 · 83 new this weekSee the jobs ›

What the ads ask for and offer

Skills

  • Occupational Safety Card 101
  • Construction work 88
  • Demolition 35
  • Formwork 33
  • Carpentry 29
  • Concrete work 24
  • Occupational Safety Card (Työturvallisuuskortti) 23
  • Painting 20
  • Reinforcement 18
  • Earthworks 17

Required languages

  • Finnish 100 %
  • Swedish 0 %
  • English 2 %

Benefits

  • Extended occupational healthcare 28
  • Cash bonus 4
  • Sports & culture benefit 3
  • Massage benefit 1

Contract type

  • Temporary 105
  • Full-time 85
  • Open Application 40
  • Part-time 11
  • Freelance 7

Numbers are open ads that mention it, out of 250.

Best-paying open jobs

All 251 open jobs

Stated pay compared with the median €3,330.

Companies hiring Construction Workers

84 employers have open jobs for this role right now.

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