Independent public-interest service • Sourced from Finnish collective agreements & Migri
Skip to main content
Verified Collective Agreement Data

Kitchen Worker Salary in Finland

Kitchen helpers, dishwashers, and assistant staff (keittiöapulainen / keittiötyöntekijä) are covered under the Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry Collective Agreement.

Entry-level kitchen staff begin in foundational pay groups with structured progression as experience grows. Shift supplements for evening and night hours apply equally to kitchen assistants.

Key Rules & Information for Kitchen worker

  • ✓Covers kitchen assistants, dishwashers, and prep support staff.
  • ✓PAM hospitality agreement guarantees binding minimum hourly rates.
  • ✓Evening (€1.40/h) and night (€2.37/h) supplements apply to shift work.
  • ✓Official 2024 statistics for ISCO 9412 Kitchen helpers provide realistic wage insight.
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)
Calculate monthly gross for this wage →
National Earnings Benchmark

Statistics Finland 2024 Earnings Context

ISCO Code 9412

National Structure of Earnings figures for 9412 Kitchen helpers. 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
€2,400.00

50% earn less, 50% earn more

Average Monthly Gross
€2,436.00

Mean total earnings

Full-Time Employees Sampled
10 148

Workers in data cell

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

View original Statistics Finland table 15au
Interactive Lookup

Check the grade & supplements that apply to you

Answer the specific classification questions to identify your wage group under the collective agreement.

Classification Step 1

Your wage depends on your pay group and experience.

Do you know your pay group?

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.

Related Occupations in hotel restaurant leisure