Salaries in Estonia
€1,557a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- €18,690
- Equals
- $1,739
Top 10 highest paying
- Specialist doctor€39,920
- Military officer€37,310
- CEO€33,910
- Soldier€33,140
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€33,240
- Doctor€33,140
- Senior government officials€32,950
- IT project manager€32,670
- Finance manager€32,000
- Insurance agent€31,730
Top 10 lowest paying
- Fast food worker€7,396
- Shelf stacker€9,535
- Kitchen assistant€9,543
- Cleaner€9,564
- Housekeeper€9,688
- Food service worker€9,795
- Garment presser€9,878
- Gas station salesperson€9,881
- Cashier€9,911
- Fiacre driver€9,972
By major occupation group
| Armed forces | €2,876 a month |
| Managers | €2,370 a month |
| Professionals | €2,052 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | €1,998 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | €1,733 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | €1,679 a month |
| Clerical support workers | €1,333 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | €1,265 a month |
| Service and sales workers | €1,010 a month |
| Elementary occupations | €912 a month |
All jobs
- Accountant€23,430
- Accounts assistant€16,300
- Accounts clerk€17,950
- Actor€16,400
- Actuary€25,480
- Agricultural technician€18,270
- Aid worker€14,680
- Air traffic controller€30,040
- Air traffic safety technician€21,400
- Aircraft technician€28,970
- Airline pilot€30,680
- Animal carer€11,080
- Announcer€21,550
- Anthropologist€21,410
- Apiarists and sericulturists€22,780
- Aquaculture support worker€22,780
- Architect€22,740
- Art director€23,150
- Artist€21,510
- Astrologer€12,320
- Astrophysicist€28,100
- Athlete€19,750
- Audio-visual technician€18,670
- Audiology technician€17,020
- Audit clerk€17,560
- Auto mechanic€22,730
- Avionics mechanic€27,130
- Ballet dancer€19,220
- Bartender€10,580
- Basketmaker€19,440
- Beautician€10,440
- Benefits officer€19,610
- Bicycle mechanic€22,030
- Bike assembler€13,120
- Bindery worker€19,100
- Blacksmith€23,040
- Blaster€27,340
- Boiler operator€19,660
- Bricklayer€24,580
- Broadcast engineer€27,150
- Builder€24,860
- Bus driver€15,350
- Butcher€19,910
- Buyer€19,410
- Cabinetmaker€21,490
- Call centre agent€12,450
- Candle factory worker€21,810
- Car assembler€14,990
- Car cleaner€10,260
- Car electrician€27,430
- Car painter€22,780
- Career coach€21,940
- Caretaker€12,560
- Carpenter€23,610
- Carpet worker€19,770
- Cashier€9,911
- CEO€33,910
- Cheese maker€25,410
- Chef€16,530
- Chemical engineer€26,170
- Chemical engineering technician€22,310
- Chemical operator€22,830
- Chemical products plant and machine operators€16,990
- Chemist€23,640
- Chief engineer€23,990
- Childcare centre manager€20,730
- Civil engineer€25,420
- Civils worker€13,850
- Cleaner€9,564
- Cleaners€11,160
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classified€15,340
- Client information workers not elsewhere classified€14,760
- Clinical research assistant€15,940
- Cnc operator€24,330
- Coffee taster€21,690
- Commodity trader€22,580
- Community health worker€19,070
- Companion€11,770
- Concrete finisher€25,120
- Construction foreman€23,490
- Construction manager€24,990
- Construction worker€12,050
- Cook€11,140
- Corporate trainer€22,170
- Correctional officer€15,540
- Corrugator operator€14,950
- Courier€10,860
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classified€19,280
- Crane operators€17,930
- Crop producer€20,900
- Crop team leader€20,950
- Croupier€13,890
- Cure operator€14,430
- Customer service clerk€14,830
- Customs agent€18,120
- Customs officer€20,160
- Dance teacher€12,240
- Data administrator€25,070
- Data centre operator€22,820
- Data entry clerk€14,480
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified€26,010
- Day care worker€11,360
- Debt collector€17,160
- Deep-sea fisherman€21,600
- Dental hygienist€16,920
- Dentist€27,710
- Dietitian€20,520
- Doctor€33,140
- Door to door seller€12,180
- Draughtsperson€20,240
- Driving instructor€14,330
- Earthmoving and related plant operators€16,750
- Economist€26,570
- Education officer€22,010
- Electric powerline worker€30,390
- Electrical assembler€13,290
- Electrical engineer€27,750
- Electrical technician€22,000
- Electrician€25,810
- Electronic engineer€26,900
- Electronics engineering technician€20,520
- Elementary school teacher€22,110
- Embalmer€13,030
- Embroiderer€19,840
- Employment agent€19,720
- Energy manager€29,280
- Environment engineer€24,290
- Environmental protection professionals€22,220
- Esol teacher€18,930
- Event coordinator€18,090
- Executive assistant€19,140
- Fabric cutter€18,590
- Fabric dyer€13,410
- Façade cleaner€18,460
- Facility manager€29,250
- Factory labourer€11,440
- Farm equipment operator€14,740
- Farm hand€11,030
- Farm hands€10,430
- Fast food worker€7,396
- Fiacre driver€9,972
- File clerk€16,220
- Fill operator€12,220
- Finance adviser€24,720
- Finance manager€32,000
- Financial analyst€25,670
- Financier€25,710
- Fire alarm technician€26,330
- Firefighter€17,180
- Fisheries boatman€21,600
- Fishery production manager€21,630
- Fitness club manager€21,900
- Flight attendant€13,370
- Food and related products machine operators€13,610
- Food service worker€9,795
- Food stall holder€10,940
- Forest ranger€21,820
- Forest worker€11,810
- Forester€23,530
- Forestry advisor€23,430
- Forestry technician€18,660
- Forklift operator€14,080
- Fruit, vegetable and related preservers€20,670
- Fur animal rearer€23,150
- Garage manager€25,150
- Gardener€11,010
- Garment presser€9,878
- Gas station salesperson€9,881
- General manager€27,500
- Geologist€26,210
- Glassblower€20,610
- Glassmaker€14,920
- Glazier€22,900
- Gluing operator€12,410
- Grader€22,410
- Grinder€22,390
- Guide€11,770
- Gym worker€10,520
- Hairdresser€10,420
- Hand and pedal vehicle drivers€10,710
- Head of marketing€31,290
- Health professionals not elsewhere classified€20,370
- Health records clerk€18,640
- Health screener€17,460
- Heat treat operator€15,190
- Hide machine operator€13,500
- High school teacher€23,480
- Historian€22,400
- Horticulturist€20,380
- Hotel manager€21,720
- Hotel receptionist€13,300
- House manager€12,430
- Household manager€12,060
- Housekeeper€9,688
- HR manager€29,180
- Hunter€21,790
- Hvac mechanic€25,950
- Industrial engineer€26,210
- Industrial painter€21,840
- Information clerk€15,330
- Insulator€23,870
- Insurance agent€31,730
- Insurance seller€20,740
- IT presales technician€25,690
- IT project manager€32,670
- IT technician€19,870
- IT trainer€21,520
- Jeweller€20,650
- Journalist€21,790
- Judge€31,020
- Kitchen assistant€9,543
- Laboratory technologist€18,660
- Landscape architect€22,900
- Laser technician€22,220
- Laundry worker€11,610
- Lawyer€29,020
- Legal aide€19,330
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classified€25,000
- Legal secretary€16,830
- Legislators€13,380
- Librarian€21,670
- Library assistant€14,970
- Livestock and dairy producers€21,760
- Livestock farm labourers€10,660
- Loan officer€20,480
- Logistics manager€26,470
- Loss adjuster€21,330
- Machine oiler€27,180
- Mail carrier€16,020
- Management consultant€25,800
- Manufacturing director€28,270
- Market trader€12,230
- Marketing specialist€23,210
- Mechanical engineer€26,680
- Mechanical engineering technician€22,660
- Medical assistant€15,400
- Medical herbalist€17,800
- Medical laboratory technician€18,590
- Medical transcriber€16,920
- Medical writer€20,840
- Metal caster€16,180
- Metal filer€14,840
- Metal furnace operator€21,040
- Metal molder€22,630
- Metal worker€23,460
- Metallurgist€21,280
- Metalworker€24,560
- Meteorologist€25,890
- Meter reader€11,180
- Midwife€23,890
- Midwife assistant€19,730
- Military officer€37,310
- Mine engineer€28,150
- Mine supervisor€23,830
- Miners€18,380
- Mining assistant€13,960
- Mixed farmer€21,380
- Motorcyle courier€13,440
- Museum curator€20,990
- Museum technician€17,110
- Music teacher€19,560
- Musician€19,440
- Network engineer€21,000
- Networks engineer€25,940
- Nursing assistant€12,270
- Nursing associate professionals€18,480
- Nursing home manager€26,060
- Odd job persons€11,600
- Office clerk€15,980
- Office manager€20,380
- Operations manager€31,620
- Optician€16,350
- Optometrist€22,790
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionals€19,130
- Paper maker€15,440
- Paramedic€21,510
- Paramedical practitioners€25,950
- Passport officer€19,940
- Pastry cook€19,020
- Patent agent€22,940
- Pawnbroker€13,060
- Payroll clerk€17,690
- Performer€15,390
- Personal care attendant€11,960
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classified€12,250
- Personnel clerks€16,940
- Pest control technician€21,300
- Petty officer€30,880
- Pharmacist€25,240
- Photo retoucher€12,880
- Photographer€16,900
- Physical therapist€20,750
- Piano tuner€23,950
- Picker and packer€10,060
- Plasterer€22,620
- Plumber€25,310
- Police detective€26,500
- Police officer€17,450
- Policy analyst€23,110
- Potter€21,120
- Poultry sexer€20,050
- Power plant operator€23,500
- Prepress technician€21,820
- Preschool teacher€18,640
- Preschool teaching assistant€11,420
- Primary school manager€28,600
- Print operator€21,220
- Prison teacher€20,030
- Process operator€25,870
- Product designer€21,470
- Product manager€31,090
- Production line coordinator€18,030
- Production supervisor€22,290
- Professor€23,990
- Project manager€28,500
- Promotions demonstrator€10,480
- Proofreader€16,970
- Psychologist€23,810
- Public health inspector€23,490
- Public relations professionals€21,730
- Pulp control worker€18,110
- Quality inspector€21,050
- Radiologic technologist€21,850
- Rail conductor€12,550
- Real estate agent€20,120
- Receptionist€13,320
- Registered nurse€24,110
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classified€18,960
- Religious professionals€18,910
- Religious worker€16,990
- Rental sales worker€12,060
- Restaurant manager€19,010
- Retail sales associate€11,870
- Retail store supervisor€13,480
- Riding instructor€14,680
- Rig driller€18,430
- Rigger€26,930
- Roofer€19,050
- Runway model€10,700
- Sales engineer€24,990
- Sales representative€21,140
- Sawmill operator€14,420
- Scribes and related workers€16,370
- Secretary€16,430
- Security guard€12,980
- Senior government officials€32,950
- Set designer€17,200
- Sewing machine operator€11,680
- Sex worker€10,730
- Shelf stacker€9,535
- Ship pilot€22,510
- Ships’ deck crews and related workers€15,870
- Shoemaker€19,390
- Shop keeper€16,170
- Sign installer€21,640
- Signalman€18,530
- Slitter operator€14,320
- Social care worker€17,850
- Social media manager€31,500
- Social services manager€25,290
- Social worker€21,200
- Software developer€26,780
- Software programmer€24,730
- Software tester€25,560
- Soldier€33,140
- Sorter€11,790
- Special needs teacher€22,340
- Specialist doctor€39,920
- Speech therapist€21,400
- Sport coach€14,300
- Statistician€22,020
- Steel erector€25,460
- Stock coordinator€15,560
- Stone fabricator€15,230
- Stone planer€15,350
- Stonemason€24,040
- Store manager€23,840
- Street and related service workers€11,160
- Street sweeper€11,560
- Street vendor€11,130
- Subsistence crop farmers€18,680
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gatherers€20,740
- Subsistence livestock farmers€18,890
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmers€18,700
- Survey enumerator€15,220
- Surveyor€23,650
- Switchboard operator€16,440
- Systems administrator€24,980
- Systems analyst€27,160
- Tailor€17,180
- Tanner€20,830
- Tax officer€21,060
- Taxi driver€12,830
- Technical aide€21,000
- Telecom administrator€22,050
- Teller€16,930
- Tent builder€24,120
- Test engineer€26,270
- Textile braider€12,970
- Textile machine operator€12,610
- Therapy assistant€14,630
- Tile installer€22,610
- Tobacco dryer€21,400
- Trades union official€29,760
- Traditional chiefs and heads of village€33,240
- Traditional therapist€18,220
- Train driver€21,230
- Translator€20,080
- Transport clerks€17,850
- Travel agent€15,110
- Tree doctor€19,750
- Truck driver€15,630
- Typist€15,250
- Underwater welder€26,220
- Upholsterer€20,000
- Urban planner€24,110
- UX designer€20,040
- Vet technician€15,170
- Veterinarian€24,610
- Vocational teacher€21,740
- Waiter€10,110
- Warehouse worker€11,800
- Waste collector€11,760
- Watch maker€23,510
- Water and firewood collectors€11,010
- Water plant operator€20,190
- Water-based fisheries worker€10,560
- Web developer€24,750
- Web technician€22,830
- Welder€23,910
- Wind technician€18,380
- Winder operator€12,720
- Window washer€11,000
- Wood treater€22,050
- Woodworker€20,740
- Zoologist€24,190
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate