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Server Salary in Finland 2026

Server pay is typically €2,790 a month.

The middle half of the pay runs from €2,360 to €3,370. About €2,241 is left after tax. In job ads that state the pay, the median is €2,299 (11 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 €2,790average €2,900
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 “Waiters” (2024), raised to July–September 2026.

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How we estimate pay

What salary should you ask for?

Ask for €2,300–2,400 a month.

That is the median to the upper quartile of the pay stated in 11 job ads. About €1,934 to €1,995 is left after tax.

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ad median €2,299middle half of ads

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“My salary expectation is €2,350 a month.”

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7 open Server jobs

The best-paid ad offers €2,192–2,560 · 3 new this week

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Server 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.

Server earnings with supplements are about €490 higher than ads say

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

Advertised pay€2,299Earnings with supplements€2,790+€491€2,000€3,000€4,000

Languages

14% of open ads require Swedish

Required languages in 7 open ads: Finnish 100 %, Swedish 14 %, English 29 %.

How much is left after tax

Gross a monthTake-home a month
Lowest-paid tenth€2,031€1,760
Lower quarter of the range€2,360€1,971
Median€2,790€2,241
Upper quarter of the range€3,370€2,583
Best-paid tenth€3,951€2,888

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.

Pay in related roles

How tight is the Server job market?

At the end of September 2026, the occupation group waiters had 3.4 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).

Waiters

Register and JobCrawls ads3.4
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

Where the Server 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 “Waiters”, 5,589

  • Median, estimated for today≈€2,790July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.8%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Average, estimated for today≈€2,900July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+6.8%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
  • Middle half, estimated for today≈€2,360 – €3,370July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
  • Median€2,6122024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Average€2,7162024 · Statistics Finland 15au
  • Bottom and top 10% lines€1,901 / €3,6992024 · Statistics Finland 15au

11 job ads for the role that state the pay

  • Median starting pay offered€2,299Last 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 Server pay

Short answers from the same figures.

What does a Server earn in Finland?

The median salary is about €2,790 and the average about €2,900 a month, from Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation raised to July–September 2026. Job ads for the role state a median of €2,299: ads quote base pay, without shift supplements.

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

From €2,790 a month, about €2,241 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 Server?

About €17.44 an hour, counting the Statistics Finland median of €2,790 a month over 160 working hours.

Is Server pay good?

The median of €2,790 is 26% below the median for all full-time employees in Finland (€3,772).
7 open Server jobsThe best-paid ad offers €2,192–€2,560 · 3 new this weekSee the jobs ›

What the ads ask for and offer

Skills

  • Customer service 7
  • Teamwork 3
  • À la carte service 2
  • Hygiene passport 2
  • Alcohol passport 1
  • Alcohol-serving passport 1
  • Cash handling 1
  • Restaurant service 1
  • Restaurant serving 1
  • Salad preparation 1

Required languages

  • Finnish 100 %
  • Swedish 14 %
  • English 29 %

Contract type

  • Part-time 4
  • Full-time 3

Numbers are open ads that mention it, out of 7.

Best-paying open jobs

All 7 open jobs

Stated pay compared with the median €2,790.

Companies hiring Servers

6 employers have open jobs for this role right now.

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