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Controller Salary in Finland 2026

Also listed under: Lead Controller, Junior Controller

Controller pay is typically €5,320 a month.

The middle half of the pay runs from €4,330 to €6,580. About €3,586 is left after tax. In job ads that state the pay, the median is €4,105 (27 ads). The median for all occupations in Finland is €3,772.

Monthly pay before tax

middle half€2,500€5,000€7,500€10,000median €5,320average €5,750

What raises and lowers Controller pay?

  • Wellbeing area or municipality+€96
  • Espoo+€58
  • Mid-level+€43
  • English−€40
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Controller pay by factor: the difference seen in job ads, applied to the median of €5,320
FactorDifferenceAds
Wellbeing area or municipality+€9619
Espoo+€581
Mid-level+€4321
English−€4015
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 “Accountants” (2024), raised to July–September 2026. Each bar applies the pay difference seen in job ads to it: 27 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 €4,100–4,450 a month.

That is the median to the upper quartile of the pay stated in 27 job ads. About €2,964 to €3,145 is left after tax.

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ad median €4,105middle half of ads

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“My salary expectation is €4,300 a month.”

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2 open Controller jobs

The best-paid ad offers €3,333–4,167 · 0 new this week

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Controller 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≈€5,54014,448
State≈€4,4701,431
Municipalities≈€4,7701,070

Pay is highest in the private sector (about €5,540) and lowest in central government (about €4,470).

Controller 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.

Controller earnings with supplements are about €1,210 higher than ads say

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

Advertised pay€4,105Earnings with supplements€5,318+€1,213€3,500€4,500€5,500€6,500€7,500

Languages

100% of open ads accept English

Required languages in 2 open ads: Finnish 100 %, English 100 %.

How much is left after tax

Gross a monthTake-home a month
Lowest-paid tenth€3,624€2,719
Lower quarter of the range€4,330€3,082
Median€5,320€3,586
Upper quarter of the range€6,580€4,203
Best-paid tenth€8,198€4,995

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.

Controller Salary by City

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

Pay in related roles

How tight is the Controller job market?

At the end of September 2026, the occupation group accountants had 6.8 unemployed jobseekers per open job, counting JobCrawls ads as well as the employment service register. The register alone gives 12.8: 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).

Accountants

Register and JobCrawls ads6.8
Employment service register12.8

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 Controller 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 “Accountants”, 18,165

  • Median, estimated for today≈€5,320July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.4%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Average, estimated for today≈€5,750July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.4%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Middle half, estimated for today≈€4,330 – €6,580July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
  • Median€5,0002024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Average€5,4022024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Bottom and top 10% lines€3,407 / €7,7082024 · Statistics Finland 15au

27 job ads for the role that state the pay

  • Median starting pay offered€4,105Last 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 Controller pay

Short answers from the same figures.

What does a Controller earn in Finland?

The median salary is about €5,320 and the average about €5,750 a month, from Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation raised to July–September 2026. Job ads for the role state a median of €4,105: ads quote base pay, without shift supplements.

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

From €5,320 a month, about €3,586 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 Controller?

About €33.25 an hour, counting the Statistics Finland median of €5,320 a month over 160 working hours.

What is Controller pay in the private sector?

In the private sector the median is about €5,540 a month, against about €4,470 in central government.

Is Controller pay good?

The median of €5,320 is 41% above the median for all full-time employees in Finland (€3,772).
2 open Controller jobsThe best-paid ad offers €3,333–€4,167 · 0 new this weekSee the jobs ›

Best-paying open jobs

All 2 open jobs

Stated pay compared with the median €5,320.

Companies hiring Controllers

2 employers have open jobs for this role right now.

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