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# Working as a teacher in Finland

In Finland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes teachers, earns ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Teacher is a regulated profession in Finland. Foreign qualifications go through: General system of recognition - primary application.

- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals": ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: General system of recognition - primary application; Apply through EDUFI/Studyinfo with qualification documents. EDUFI assesses eligibility for the specific Finnish post; compensatory or supplementary study may be required.
- Recognition authority: Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI) for foreign qualification decisions on covered teaching posts.
- Language requirement: Language eligibility is tied to the specific teaching post and language of instruction; EDUFI recognition does not assess language and its guidance gives no one CEFR level for this combined target.

## 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). Teacher in Finland: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version b93a536136ced7b519f01bf560b64a84]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/finland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_teacher-in-finland-salary-and-recognition_016a53477e45,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Teacher in Finland: salary and recognition},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {b93a536136ced7b519f01bf560b64a84},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/teacher/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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