Working as a nurse in Finland
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Finland: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
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.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Technicians and associate professionals" in Finland: ≈ 4,997 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 nurses alone.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Finland.
- 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
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse 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). 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 citation
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