Working as a plumber in Finland
What official sources say about working as a plumber in Finland: what the occupation group earns and how foreign qualifications are recognised.
In Finland, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes plumbers, earns ≈ 4,267 EUR/month (gross, 2024). Plumber is a regulated profession in Finland. Foreign qualifications go through: For statutory building-system design or site roles, obtain eligibility from the relevant authorised body; ordinary installation has no single recognition route.
- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
- ≈ 4,267 EUR/month (gross, 2024)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- For statutory building-system design or site roles, obtain eligibility from the relevant authorised body; ordinary installation has no single recognition route.
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Finland: ≈ 4,267 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 plumbers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in Finland.
- Recognition route
- For statutory building-system design or site roles, obtain eligibility from the relevant authorised body; ordinary installation has no single recognition route.
- Recognition authority
- The Ministry of the Environment or its authorised body for covered water/sewage design or construction competence; not one authority for every installer.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Plumber in Finland: salary and recognition [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 04570e480b32016167898a51cef6f03d]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/finland/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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