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Living and working in Finland

Last reviewed 5 Nov

What does it cost to live here?

How much tax will I pay?

  • How income tax works: State income tax rises in steps from 12.64% to 37.5% above €52,100 of taxable income. Municipal tax is added: 7.57% on average in 2026, 5.3% in Helsinki. From pay you also lose pension (7.30%) and unemployment insurance (0.89%) contributions, health insurance contributions and the Yle broadcasting tax. Members of the church pay 1% to 2% more. (Finnish Government, 2026 tax changes)
  • Taxable income where the top state rate starts: 37.5% state tax, roughly €62,000 gross. The combined top rate is about 52%. (Finnish Government, 2026 tax changes)
  • Work out your own figure: Vero's tax percentage calculator gives the rate your employer withholds. The pension and unemployment contributions, about 8.2% of pay, come on top. (Vero, Tax percentage calculator)
  • Tax relief for foreign key employees: Foreign specialists can pay a flat 25% tax at source (down from 32% in 2025) for up to 84 months, if their cash salary is at least €5,800 a month. (Vero, Tax at source for key employees decreases on 1 January 2026)

What are my rights at work?

  • Statutory annual leave: 2.5 days per month after the first year (2 a month in the first). Saturdays count as holiday days, so this is 5 weeks. (Tyosuojelu.fi, Number of holiday days)
  • Public holidays on weekdays in 2026: Including Midsummer Eve and Christmas Eve. Independence Day (6 December) and Boxing Day fall at the weekend in 2026. (Yle, Holidays in 2026)
  • Standard working week: 8 hours a day; 37.5 is common under collective agreements. Total hours may average no more than 48 a week. (Tyosuojelu.fi, Regular working hours)
  • Trial period: Up to 6 months, or half the length of a fixed-term contract. (TEK, Working life)
  • Notice periods: Employers give 14 days' notice for under a year's service, rising to 1, 2, 4 and 6 months after 1, 4, 8 and 12 years. Employees give 14 days, or 1 month after 5 years. (Tyosuojelu.fi, Periods of notice)
  • Parental leave: 320 working days of parental allowance per child, 160 per parent, of which up to 63 can be given to the other parent, plus 40 days of pregnancy allowance. It can be used until the child turns 2. (Kela, On parental leave)
  • Sick pay: After a month in the job, the employer pays full salary for the day you fall ill and the next 9 weekdays. Kela's sickness allowance, about 70% of earnings, then runs for up to 300 working days. (Kela, Sickness allowance)
  • Pension: Earnings-related pension (TyEL) is compulsory: 7.30% from the employee and about 17.4% from the employer in 2026. There's no separate auto-enrolment scheme. (Elo, Social insurance contributions 2026 (PDF))

Can I move here to work?

  • Work permit routes: EU and EEA citizens register their right of residence with Migri within 3 months. Others need a residence permit for an employed person (pay of at least €1,600 a month), or a specialist permit or EU Blue Card for expert roles, which are usually decided within about 2 weeks. (Migri, Income requirement)
  • Minimum salary for a specialist permit or EU Blue Card: The specialist permit also needs a higher-education degree and an expert job. (Migri, Specialists)

Will job ads show the salary?

  • EU Pay Transparency Directive: A government bill (HE 129/2026) would apply it from 1 January 2027: pay or a range given to applicants before interview, a ban on salary-history questions, and pay-gap reporting for employers with 150 or more staff from 2027. Employers with 30 or more staff already run a pay survey at least every two years. (Government bill HE 129/2026 (PDF))

Who's who in the industry?

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Upcoming events here

  • XmasJKL: 12–13 Nov 2026, Jyväskylä, Finland

General information, not tax, legal or immigration advice.