Working as an architect in Finland
What official sources say about working as an architect in Finland: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Finland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes architects, earns ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Architect is not a regulated profession in Finland. Foreign qualifications go through: There is no generic architect-title recognition decision. For a regulated building-design task, apply to the authorised body for that task’s eligibility.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Not marked regulated
- Recognition route
- There is no generic architect-title recognition decision. For a regulated building-design task, apply to the authorised body for that task’s eligibility.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals" in Finland: ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of architects alone.
Regulation and recognition
Architect is not a regulated profession in Finland.
- Recognition route
- There is no generic architect-title recognition decision. For a regulated building-design task, apply to the authorised body for that task’s eligibility.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry of the Environment or an authorised body for covered building-design tasks; EDUFI does not issue an architect-title decision.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Architect in Finland: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 0cd8d1528137a81cf9bf68d2c0999d77]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/architect/finland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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