Working as an engineer in Finland
What official sources say about working as an engineer in Finland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Finland, the occupation group "Professionals", which includes engineers, earns ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Engineer is a regulated profession in Finland. Foreign qualifications go through: First identify a regulated construction/design or site-management task; then obtain that task-specific recognition/certificate from the responsible authorised body. In Finland, engineers are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Professionals"
- ≈ 6,035 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- First identify a regulated construction/design or site-management task; then obtain that task-specific recognition/certificate from the responsible authorised body.
- Shortage list
- Listed
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 engineers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Engineer is a regulated profession in Finland.
- Recognition route
- First identify a regulated construction/design or site-management task; then obtain that task-specific recognition/certificate from the responsible authorised body.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry of the Environment or its authorised qualification body for covered construction tasks; no single authority for every engineering role.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for engineer in Finland: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission; EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Engineer in Finland: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 71d5619b204c79153bf76b15154b6dcc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/engineer/finland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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