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Priest Salary in Finland 2026
Priest pay is typically €4,500 a month.
The middle half of the pay runs from €3,890 to €5,290. About €3,172 is left after tax. The median for all occupations in Finland is €3,772.
Monthly pay before tax
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Work and training
Priests in Finland work mainly in the parishes and other bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and in special posts such as hospital, prison, seafarers' and military chaplaincy. Parishes, parish unions, cathedral chapters and the Church Council apply the Church's collective agreement for offices and employment, KirVESTES, valid 1 March 2025 to 29 February 2028. The qualification is a master's degree in theology approved by the bishops' conference. A permanent priest's post also requires the pastoral examination, and ordination is decided by the bishop and the cathedral chapter.
Sources: tyomarkkinatori.fi, akiliitot.fi
How much is left after tax
| Gross a month | Take-home a month | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest-paid tenth | €3,418 | €2,609 |
| Lower quarter of the range | €3,890 | €2,857 |
| Median | €4,500 | €3,172 |
| Upper quarter of the range | €5,290 | €3,572 |
| Best-paid tenth | €6,043 | €3,940 |
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.
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How tight is the Priest job market?
At the end of September 2026, the occupation group religious professionals had 16.0 unemployed jobseekers per open job, counting JobCrawls ads as well as the employment service register. The register alone gives 16.0: 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).
Religious professionals
All occupations
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 Priest 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 “Religious professionals”, 2,252
- Median, estimated for today≈€4,500July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.8%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
- Average, estimated for today≈€4,630July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.8%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
- Middle half, estimated for today≈€3,890 – €5,290July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
- Median€4,2142024 · Statistics Finland 15au
- Average€4,3302024 · Statistics Finland 15au
- Bottom and top 10% lines€3,200 / €5,6572024 · Statistics Finland 15au
| Figure | € / month | Who is counted | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median, estimated for today | ≈€4,500 | Full-time employees in “Religious professionals”, 2,252 | July–September 2026, our estimate | 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.8%, 14uw/14uv) ↗ |
| Average, estimated for today | ≈€4,630 | |||
| Middle half, estimated for today | ≈€3,890 – €5,290 | Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines | ||
| Median | €4,214 | 2024 | Statistics Finland 15au | |
| Average | €4,330 | |||
| Bottom and top 10% lines | €3,200 / €5,657 |
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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