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Verified Collective Agreement Data

Retail Salesperson Salary in Finland (Myyjä)

Retail sales assistants and store workers (myyjä) in Finland are covered by the Commerce Collective Agreement (Kaupan työehtosopimus), negotiated between Service Union United PAM and the Finnish Commerce Federation.

The commerce pay scale distinguishes between the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (Region 1: Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen) and the rest of Finland (Region 2), with job tiers A–D reflecting product complexity and responsibility.

Key Rules & Information for Retail salesperson

  • ✓Regional pay differentiation: Helsinki metropolitan area has a higher base scale.
  • ✓Job groups A–D reflect customer advisory depth and specialist merchandise.
  • ✓Major commerce wage system revisions take effect in October 2026.
  • ✓Official Statistics Finland 2024 data (ISCO 5223) reports shop sales assistant earnings.
Verified Minimum Pay Floor

Collective-Agreement Wage Scale

Valid: 2026-08-01 to 2026-09-30

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
32 pay levels published
Verified collective-agreement wage scale
Classification & GradeHourly RateMonthly ScaleType
Group A · 2nd-year · pks€12.88 / hour€2,061.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group A · 4th-year · pks€13.34 / hour€2,135.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group A · 6th-year · pks€14.06 / hour€2,250.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group A · 9th-year · pks€14.74 / hour€2,359.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 2nd-year · pks€13.66 / hour€2,185.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 4th-year · pks€14.17 / hour€2,267.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 6th-year · pks€14.97 / hour€2,395.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 9th-year · pks€15.64 / hour€2,502.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 2nd-year · pks€14.59 / hour€2,334.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 4th-year · pks€15.11 / hour€2,418.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 6th-year · pks€16.13 / hour€2,580.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 9th-year · pks€16.90 / hour€2,704.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 2nd-year · pks€15.36 / hour€2,458.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 4th-year · pks€15.94 / hour€2,550.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 6th-year · pks€17.01 / hour€2,721.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 9th-year · pks€18.30 / hour€2,928.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group A · 2nd-year · other-finland€12.37 / hour€1,979.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group A · 4th-year · other-finland€12.81 / hour€2,049.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group A · 6th-year · other-finland€13.46 / hour€2,154.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group A · 9th-year · other-finland€14.08 / hour€2,252.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 2nd-year · other-finland€13.13 / hour€2,101.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 4th-year · other-finland€13.63 / hour€2,180.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 6th-year · other-finland€14.31 / hour€2,290.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group B · 9th-year · other-finland€14.93 / hour€2,389.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 2nd-year · other-finland€13.96 / hour€2,233.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 4th-year · other-finland€14.46 / hour€2,314.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 6th-year · other-finland€15.37 / hour€2,459.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group C · 9th-year · other-finland€16.08 / hour€2,572.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 2nd-year · other-finland€14.71 / hour€2,354.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 4th-year · other-finland€15.41 / hour€2,465.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 6th-year · other-finland€16.19 / hour€2,591.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Group D · 9th-year · other-finland€17.34 / hour€2,775.00 / month/moCollective-agreement wage
Primary Source: PAM — Service Union United (Collective Agreement for the Commerce Sector)
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National Earnings Benchmark

Statistics Finland 2024 Earnings Context

ISCO Code 5223

National Structure of Earnings figures for 5223 Shop sales assistants. 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
€2,805.00

50% earn less, 50% earn more

Average Monthly Gross
€3,068.00

Mean total earnings

Full-Time Employees Sampled
43 777

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

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

Classification Step 1

Where is the workplace?

The current commerce employee table distinguishes the Helsinki metropolitan area from the rest of Finland.

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