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# Working as a nurse in Finland

In Finland, the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals", which includes nurses, earns ≈ 4,997 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Nurse is a regulated profession in Finland. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply to LVV for the practice right matching the actual nurse/midwife category; EU/EEA and third-country training follow different recognition routes. In Finland, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals": ≈ 4,997 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: Apply to LVV for the practice right matching the actual nurse/midwife category; EU/EEA and third-country training follow different recognition routes.; General care nurse; General system of recognition - primary application
- Recognition authority: Finnish Supervisory Agency (LVV) for healthcare practice rights/registration.
- Language requirement: A healthcare professional must have language skills adequate for the duties; the employer must verify sufficiency. No universal CEFR level is stated.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission

## Sources

Healthcare professions; registered nurse and midwife entries — https://www.oph.fi/en/services/recognition-qualifications/regulated-professions-finland
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
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
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). Nurse in Finland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version f74e46ae846ff71dad5858d08f7f2ad1]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/finland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-finland-salary-recognition-and-shortage-status_c563673338b3,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Finland: salary, recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {f74e46ae846ff71dad5858d08f7f2ad1},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/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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