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Social Services Professional Salary in Finland 2026
Also listed under: Sosionomi, SocionomSocial Services Professional pay is typically €3,560 a month.
The median salary is €3,560 and the average €3,610 a month. The figures are Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation group “Social instructors” (2024), raised to July–September 2026. About €2,685 is left after tax.
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Updated 4 November 2026Cite this page
14 open Social Services Professional jobs
The best-paid ad offers €2,811–3,071 · 6 new this week
- Social Services ProfessionalEsperi Care Oy · Iisalmi€2,811–3,071
- Social Services ProfessionalAttendo Oy · Kuopio€2,811–3,071
- Early Childhood Education Social Services ProfessionalSipoon kunta Sibbo kommun · Sipoo€3,039
What raises and lowers Social Services Professional pay?
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The curve is Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation, raised to July–September 2026. Each marker applies the pay difference seen in job ads to it: 8 ads state the pay. A hollow dot means fewer than 20 ads.
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| Factor | Difference | Estimated pay | Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Espoo | +€41 | €3,601 | 3 |
Estimate your own pay as a Social Services Professional
Pick what fits your job. Each choice moves the €3,560 median by how differently its ads pay, and less when only a few ads back it. Job pages and search results price jobs the same way.
With nothing picked the estimate is the role median, €3,560 a month (middle half €3,090 to €4,260).
Social Services Professional 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.
| Employer | Median now | Median 2024 | Full-time employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellbeing areas | ≈€3,660 | €3,300 | 9,737 |
| Private sector | ≈€3,530 | €3,308 | 7,454 |
| Municipalities | ≈€3,290 | €3,088 | 3,298 |
Pay is highest in wellbeing services counties (about €3,660) and lowest in municipalities (about €3,290).
Social Services Professional earnings with supplements are about €610 higher than ads say
Job ads state the base pay. Statistics Finland counts everyone in the job, shift supplements included.
How tight is the Social Services Professional job market?
At the end of September 2026, the occupation group social work associate professionals had 17.5 unemployed jobseekers per open job, counting JobCrawls ads as well as the employment service register. The register alone gives 19.2: 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).
Social work associate professionals
Register and JobCrawls ads17.5
Employment service register19.2
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 Social Services Professional 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 “Social instructors”, 21,509
- Median, estimated for today≈€3,560July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+8.5%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
- Average, estimated for today≈€3,610July–September 2026, our estimate · 2024 figures × pay growth since (+8.5%, 14uw/14uv) ↗
- Middle half, estimated for today≈€3,240 – €4,010July–September 2026, our estimate · Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines
- Median€3,2762024 · Statistics Finland 15au
- Average€3,3262024 · Statistics Finland 15au
- Bottom and top 10% lines€2,755 / €3,9982024 · Statistics Finland 15au
8 job ads for the role that state the pay
- Median starting pay offered€2,941Last 12 months · JobCrawls
| Figure | € / month | Who is counted | When | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median, estimated for today | ≈€3,560 | Full-time employees in “Social instructors”, 21,509 | July–September 2026, our estimate | 2024 figures × pay growth since (+8.5%, 14uw/14uv) ↗ |
| Average, estimated for today | ≈€3,610 | |||
| Middle half, estimated for today | ≈€3,240 – €4,010 | Read off the curve through the 10%, median and 90% lines | ||
| Median | €3,276 | 2024 | Statistics Finland 15au | |
| Average | €3,326 | |||
| Bottom and top 10% lines | €2,755 / €3,998 | |||
| Median starting pay offered | €2,941 | 8 job ads for the role that state the pay | Last 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 Social Services Professional pay
Short answers from the same figures.
What does a Social Services Professional earn in Finland?
The median salary is about €3,560 and the average about €3,610 a month, from Statistics Finland’s earnings for the occupation raised to July–September 2026. Job ads for the role state a median of €2,941: ads quote base pay, without shift supplements.
How much of a Social Services Professional’s pay is left after tax?
From €3,560 a month, about €2,685 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 Social Services Professional?
About €22.25 an hour, counting the Statistics Finland median of €3,560 a month over 160 working hours.
What is Social Services Professional pay in the private sector?
In the private sector the median is about €3,530 a month, against about €3,660 in wellbeing services counties.
Is Social Services Professional pay good?
The median of €3,560 is 6% below the median for all full-time employees in Finland (€3,772).
Languages
14% of open ads require Swedish
Required languages in 14 open ads: Finnish 93 %, Swedish 14 %.
How much is left after tax
| Gross a month | Take-home a month | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest-paid tenth | €2,989 | €2,372 |
| Median | €3,560 | €2,685 |
| Best-paid tenth | €4,338 | €3,086 |
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.
What the ads ask for and offer
Skills
- Client guidance 4
- Hygiene passport 3
- Teamwork 3
- Client counselling 2
- Family support 2
- Medication administration 2
- Multidisciplinary collaboration 2
- Adult social work 1
- Child- and family-oriented work 1
- Child-focused work 1
Required languages
- Finnish 93 %
- Swedish 14 %
Benefits
- Extended occupational healthcare 3
- Sports & culture benefit 3
Contract type
- Full-time 6
- Temporary 4
- Open Application 2
- Part-time 2
Numbers are open ads that mention it, out of 14.
Best-paying open jobs
Stated pay compared with the median €3,560.
Companies hiring Social Services Professionals
14 employers have open jobs for this role right now.
Pihlajalinna Lääkärikeskukset Oy1 open job · Tampere
Ikaalisten kaupunki1 open job
Pohjanmaan hyvinvointialue1 open job
Keski-Pohjanmaan hyvinvointialue Soite1 open job
Mehiläinen Oy1 open job · Helsinki
Validia Oy1 open job · Helsinki
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- Etelä-Karjalan hyvinvointialue1 open job
- Esperi Care Oy1 open job
- Ykköskodit1 open job
- ONNI1 open job
- Attendo Oy1 open job
- Lapin hyvinvointialue1 open job
- Sipoon kunta Sibbo kommun1 open job
- Pohjois-Pohjanmaan Hyvinvointialue1 open job