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# Working as a childcare worker in Finland

In Finland, the occupation group "Service and sales workers", which includes childcare workers, earns ≈ 3,597 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Childcare worker is a regulated profession in Finland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Service and sales workers": ≈ 3,597 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; For ECEC posts with statutory qualification requirements, apply to EDUFI for recognition; distinguish ECEC educator/child-carer roles from broader childcare jobs.
- Recognition authority: EDUFI for qualification recognition for covered ECEC eligibility; broader child-care jobs can have different requirements.

## Sources

JSON list[].id=659656; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=13&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
Healthcare professions; registered nurse and midwife entries — https://www.oph.fi/en/services/recognition-qualifications/regulated-professions-finland
ILOSTAT mean earnings by occupation (EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB) — https://rplumber.ilo.org/data/indicator?id=EAR_EMTA_SEX_OCU_CUR_NB

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Childcare worker in Finland: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version bb49426790ffb4ebf7aae8369e840089]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/finland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_childcare-worker-in-finland-salary-and-recognition_1f1406dff39b,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Childcare worker in Finland: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {bb49426790ffb4ebf7aae8369e840089},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/childcare-worker/finland/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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