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Verified Collective Agreement Data

Cook Salary in Finland (Kokki)

Kitchen cook positions (kokki) in Finland generally follow the Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry Collective Agreement. Kitchen roles are categorized into specific pay groups based on vocational qualifications and kitchen responsibilities.

Experienced cooks advance through seniority tiers (2, 5, and 10 years). Shift supplements for evening and night kitchen prep apply, and Sunday shifts earn statutory double pay.

Key Rules & Information for Cook

  • ✓Pay groups differentiate between kitchen assistants, line cooks, and specialized cooks.
  • ✓Experience tiers reward accumulated service in professional kitchen environments.
  • ✓Shift additions and Sunday pay apply on top of base contractual rates.
  • ✓Statistics Finland 2024 earnings benchmark median cook earnings across Finland.
Verified Minimum Pay Floor

Collective-Agreement Wage Scale

Valid: 2026-06-01 to open

This is a collective-agreement wage-scale amount for the classified work. It is not an average or median salary, and it is not a universal statutory national minimum wage. Figures are gross amounts before taxation. Last verified: 2026-09-15.

Verified TES Wage Scale
20 pay levels published
Verified collective-agreement wage scale
Classification & GradeHourly RateMonthly ScaleType
Pay group 1 · 0-2€11.97 / hour€1,903.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 1 · over-2€12.28 / hour€1,953.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 1 · over-5€12.58 / hour€2,001.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 1 · over-10€12.91 / hour€2,053.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 2 · 0-2€12.21 / hour€1,942.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 2 · over-2€12.51 / hour€1,989.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 2 · over-5€12.97 / hour€2,062.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 2 · over-10€13.58 / hour€2,160.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 3 · 0-2€12.97 / hour€2,063.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 3 · over-2€13.36 / hour€2,124.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 3 · over-5€13.74 / hour€2,184.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 3 · over-10€14.33 / hour€2,279.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 4 · 0-2€13.70 / hour€2,179.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 4 · over-2€14.08 / hour€2,239.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 4 · over-5€14.51 / hour€2,307.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 4 · over-10€15.04 / hour€2,392.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 5 · 0-2€14.31 / hour€2,275.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 5 · over-2€14.63 / hour€2,326.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 5 · over-5€14.99 / hour€2,384.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Pay group 5 · over-10€15.43 / hour€2,453.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Primary Source: PAM — Service Union United (Collective Agreement for the Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry)
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National Earnings Benchmark

Statistics Finland 2024 Earnings Context

ISCO Code 5120

National Structure of Earnings figures for 5120 Cooks. Full-time employees, all sectors, sexes total. This represents overall market earnings across Finland and is not a legal TES pay minimum.

Median Monthly Gross
€2,845.00

50% earn less, 50% earn more

Average Monthly Gross
€2,956.00

Mean total earnings

Full-Time Employees Sampled
25 461

Workers in data cell

Source: Statistics Finland, Structure of Earnings 2024, table 15au. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-09-19.

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The Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry agreement uses pay groups. A job title such as restaurant worker or cook does not identify the pay group. Labour Finland does not choose one for you.

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