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Factual Overview

Software Developer Salary in Finland

Software engineers and developers in Finland generally negotiate individual market-based salaries, though collective agreements (such as the Technology Industry Senior Salaried Employees agreement by YTN) provide overarching employment standards.

Statistics Finland publishes official Structure of Earnings data (table 15au) for ISCO code 2512 Software Developers. This reports official median and average monthly earnings for full-time developers across Finland under the CC BY 4.0 license.

Key Rules & Information for Software developer

  • ✓Market-rate individual contracting is standard across the Finnish tech industry.
  • ✓YTN / Technology Industry agreements provide baseline working condition standards.
  • ✓Official 2024 Statistics Finland median monthly earnings provide realistic market insight.
  • ✓Remote work arrangements, benefits, and equity incentives are negotiated in the contract.
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Software developer pay information

Labour Finland has not identified one verified collective-agreement minimum that can safely be applied to all software developer jobs. An average or median salary, if published later, would be labelled as such and would not be shown as a collective-agreement wage.

National Earnings Benchmark

Statistics Finland 2024 Earnings Context

ISCO Code 2512

National Structure of Earnings figures for 2512 Software developers. 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
€5,020.00

50% earn less, 50% earn more

Average Monthly Gross
€5,211.00

Mean total earnings

Full-Time Employees Sampled
30 334

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
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Data not yet verified

Software developer pay information

Labour Finland has not identified one verified collective-agreement minimum that can safely be applied to all software developer jobs. An average or median salary, if published later, would be labelled as such and would not be shown as a collective-agreement wage.