Security Guard Salary in Finland (Vartija)
Security personnel and guards (vartija / järjestyksenvalvoja) work under the Security Sector Collective Agreement (Vartiointialan työehtosopimus), negotiated between PAM and the Finnish Security Association.
Security pay includes distinct pay tiers based on guard licensing, assignment risk, and specialized training (e.g. airport screening, cash-in-transit). Statistics Finland reports 2024 Structure of Earnings for ISCO 5414 Security guards as official market data.
Key Rules & Information for Security guard
- ✓Vartiointialan TES establishes mandatory hourly pay floors and supplements.
- ✓Night work, Sunday shifts, and lone-working supplements are heavily utilized.
- ✓Security licenses (vartijakortti) and specialized certifications affect pay.
- ✓Statistics Finland 2024 data provides official average and median earnings context.
Security guard wage information is being verified.
Security work is a separate collective-agreement sector. Labour Finland has not published a verified numeric security-sector wage in this version. Cleaner, commerce and hospitality tables are not used for this occupation.
Statistics Finland 2024 Earnings Context
National Structure of Earnings figures for 5414 Security guards. 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
- €2,858.00
- Average Monthly Gross
- €3,010.00
- Full-Time Employees Sampled
- 6 495
50% earn less, 50% earn more
Mean total earnings
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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Security guard wage information is being verified.
Security work is a separate collective-agreement sector. Labour Finland has not published a verified numeric security-sector wage in this version. Cleaner, commerce and hospitality tables are not used for this occupation.