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Care Worker Salary in Finland 2026

Also listed under: Caregiver, Omsorgsassistent

Care Worker pay is typically €3,430 a month.

The middle half of the pay runs from €3,080 to €3,850. About €2,615 is left after tax. In job ads that state the pay, the median is €2,550 (205 ads). The median for all occupations in Finland is €3,772.

Monthly pay before tax

middle half€2,000€3,000€4,000€5,000median €3,430average €3,440

What raises and lowers Care Worker pay?

  • English+€103
  • Wellbeing area or municipality+€82
  • Medication administration+€78
  • Swedish+€47
  • Junior−€55
  • Jyväskylä−€75
  • Active listening−€116
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Care Worker pay by factor: the difference seen in job ads, applied to the median of €3,430
FactorDifferenceAds
English+€10311
Basic medical knowledge+€8815
Wellbeing area or municipality+€8244
Medication administration+€7835
Patient care+€7718
Swedish+€4716
Espoo+€3021
Care skills−€2517
Medication management−€3423
Junior−€556
Jyväskylä−€754
Active listening−€11613
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 “Health care assistants” (2024), raised to July–September 2026. Each bar applies the pay difference seen in job ads to it: 205 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 €2,550–2,650 a month.

That is the median to the upper quartile of the pay stated in 205 job ads. The Private social services collective agreement table pay is €2,279. About €2,087 to €2,149 is left after tax.

your ask

ad median €2,550middle half of adsagreement €2,279

For the application form
“My salary expectation is €2,600 a month.”

Employers already offer this range in their ads, so it is a realistic ask. Asking in the middle leaves room to move.

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23 open Care Worker jobs

The best-paid ad offers €2,850–3,110 · 10 new this week

All 23 open jobs

Care Worker 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
Wellbeing areas≈€3,56035,010
Private sector≈€3,28030,530
State≈€3,910313

Pay is highest in central government (about €3,910) and lowest in the private sector (about €3,280).

Collective agreement minimum

  • Under the Private social services collective agreement, the table pay is at least €2,279 a month (private social services, pay group B, outside the Helsinki region, from 1/9/2026). It is a minimum: employers may pay more, not less.

    Pay tables and supplements in the agreement →

Care 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.

Care Worker earnings with supplements are about €880 higher than ads say

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

Advertised pay€2,550Earnings with supplements€3,428+€878€2,500€3,500

Languages

17% of open ads require Swedish

Required languages in 23 open ads: Finnish 96 %, Swedish 17 %, English 4 %.

How much is left after tax

Gross a monthTake-home a month
Lowest-paid tenth€2,800€2,248
Lower quarter of the range€3,080€2,428
Median€3,430€2,615
Upper quarter of the range€3,850€2,837
Best-paid tenth€4,131€2,980

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.

Care 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 Oulu, and the most is left after rent there too: €1,613 a month once a one-room flat is paid for. That is €190 more than in Espoo.

CityPayTake-homeOne-room rentLeft
Oulu€2,660€2,143€530€1,613
Helsinki€2,645€2,199€730€1,469
Vantaa€2,558€2,118€690€1,428
Espoo€2,550€2,138€715€1,423

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
Junior6rough€2,510
Mid-level194€2,550

Fewer than 10 ads: indicative only.

Pay in related roles

How tight is the Care Worker job market?

At the end of September 2026, the occupation group health care assistants had 7.6 unemployed jobseekers per open job, counting JobCrawls ads as well as the employment service register. The register alone gives 8.3: 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).

Health care assistants

Register and JobCrawls ads7.6
Employment service register8.3

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 Care 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 “Health care assistants”, 69,825

  • Median, estimated for today≈€3,430July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+8.7%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Average, estimated for today≈€3,440July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+8.7%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Middle half, estimated for today≈€3,080 – €3,850July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
  • Median€3,1542024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Average€3,1692024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Bottom and top 10% lines€2,576 / €3,8012024 · Statistics Finland 15au

205 job ads for the role that state the pay

  • Median starting pay offered€2,550Last 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 Care Worker pay

Short answers from the same figures.

What does a Care Worker earn in Finland?

The median salary is about €3,430 and the average about €3,440 a month, from Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation raised to July–September 2026. Job ads for the role state a median of €2,550: ads quote base pay, without shift supplements.

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

From €3,430 a month, about €2,615 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 Care Worker?

About €21.44 an hour, counting the Statistics Finland median of €3,430 a month over 160 working hours.

What is the starting pay for a Care Worker?

Ads for junior roles put the median at €2,510 a month. Under the Private social services collective agreement, the table pay is at least €2,279 a month (private social services, pay group B, outside the Helsinki region, from 1/9/2026). It is a minimum: employers may pay more, not less.

Which collective agreement sets Care Worker pay?

The agreement is Private social services collective agreement (private social services, pay group B, outside the Helsinki region).

What is Care Worker pay in the private sector?

In the private sector the median is about €3,280 a month, against about €3,560 in wellbeing services counties.

Is Care Worker pay good?

The median of €3,430 is 9% below the median for all full-time employees in Finland (€3,772).
23 open Care Worker jobsThe best-paid ad offers €2,850–€3,110 · 10 new this weekSee the jobs ›

What the ads ask for and offer

Skills

  • Medication administration 9
  • Hygiene passport 6
  • Basic care 5
  • Personal care 4
  • Cleaning 3
  • Disability support 3
  • Health assessment 3
  • Laundry care 3
  • Activity planning 2
  • Care documentation 2

Required languages

  • Finnish 96 %
  • Swedish 17 %
  • English 4 %

Benefits

  • Extended occupational healthcare 5
  • Sports & culture benefit 5
  • Company bike 3
  • Flexible working hours 2

Contract type

  • Full-time 6
  • Temporary 6
  • Part-time 5
  • Freelance 3
  • Open Application 3

Numbers are open ads that mention it, out of 23.

Best-paying open jobs

All 23 open jobs

Stated pay compared with the median €3,430.

Helsingfors stadCare WorkerHelsinki€2,795−19% vs median

Companies hiring Care Workers

10 employers have open jobs for this role right now.

Show all 10 employers

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