Salaries in Iceland
kr 787,800a month
Median monthly salary, 2022.
- Yearly
- kr 9,454,200
- Equals
- $6,184
Top 10 highest paying
- CEOkr 17,212,800
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villagekr 16,868,100
- Senior government officialskr 16,722,600
- Specialist doctorkr 16,702,600
- IT project managerkr 16,580,800
- Finance managerkr 16,238,900
- Insurance agentkr 16,105,500
- Operations managerkr 16,047,400
- Social media managerkr 15,985,400
- Head of marketingkr 15,880,100
Top 10 lowest paying
- Dance teacherkr 5,121,200
- Fast food workerkr 5,149,700
- Pawnbrokerkr 6,117,100
- Hotel receptionistkr 6,231,100
- Receptionistkr 6,239,300
- Performerkr 6,437,700
- Croupierkr 6,507,900
- Food service workerkr 6,619,600
- Shelf stackerkr 6,638,700
- Kitchen assistantkr 6,644,600
By major occupation group
| Managers | kr 1,202,600 a month |
| Professionals | kr 858,400 a month |
| Craft and related trades workers | kr 851,500 a month |
| Technicians and associate professionals | kr 811,000 a month |
| Plant and machine operators | kr 775,800 a month |
| Agricultural, forestry and fishery workers | kr 728,700 a month |
| Service and sales workers | kr 682,800 a month |
| Elementary occupations | kr 635,000 a month |
| Clerical support workers | kr 624,200 a month |
All jobs
- Accountantkr 9,800,900
- Accounts assistantkr 7,636,300
- Accounts clerkkr 8,669,300
- Actorkr 6,860,900
- Actuarykr 10,658,400
- Agricultural techniciankr 8,824,600
- Aid workerkr 9,920,300
- Air traffic controllerkr 14,513,300
- Air traffic safety techniciankr 10,336,900
- Aircraft techniciankr 12,341,000
- Airline pilotkr 14,819,500
- Animal carerkr 7,490,900
- Announcerkr 9,014,800
- Anthropologistkr 8,959,400
- Apiarists and sericulturistskr 9,577,200
- Aquaculture support workerkr 9,577,200
- Architectkr 9,514,600
- Art directorkr 9,687,000
- Artistkr 9,000,800
- Astrologerkr 8,326,800
- Astrophysicistkr 11,756,200
- Athletekr 9,539,700
- Audio-visual techniciankr 9,017,500
- Audiology techniciankr 8,220,200
- Audit clerkkr 8,223,100
- Auto mechanickr 9,685,200
- Avionics mechanickr 11,557,200
- Ballet dancerkr 8,041,000
- Bartenderkr 7,153,400
- Basketmakerkr 8,282,300
- Beauticiankr 7,053,800
- Benefits officerkr 9,471,000
- Bicycle mechanickr 9,388,000
- Bike assemblerkr 8,046,500
- Bindery workerkr 8,136,600
- Blacksmithkr 9,814,800
- Blasterkr 11,647,700
- Boiler operatorkr 12,053,600
- Bricklayerkr 10,472,600
- Broadcast engineerkr 11,358,700
- Builderkr 10,589,800
- Bus driverkr 9,414,800
- Butcherkr 8,480,800
- Buyerkr 9,378,500
- Cabinetmakerkr 9,155,800
- Call centre agentkr 8,413,700
- Candle factory workerkr 9,292,800
- Car assemblerkr 9,189,900
- Car cleanerkr 7,141,700
- Car electriciankr 11,686,700
- Car painterkr 9,704,500
- Career coachkr 9,177,600
- Caretakerkr 8,486,200
- Carpenterkr 10,058,800
- Carpet workerkr 8,424,100
- Cashierkr 6,698,200
- CEOkr 17,212,800
- Cheese makerkr 10,826,800
- Chefkr 7,984,100
- Chemical engineerkr 10,950,800
- Chemical engineering techniciankr 10,777,300
- Chemical operatorkr 11,028,800
- Chemical products plant and machine operatorskr 10,415,400
- Chemistkr 9,889,700
- Chief engineerkr 11,588,100
- Childcare centre managerkr 10,522,100
- Civil engineerkr 10,634,300
- Civils workerkr 9,641,300
- Cleanerkr 6,658,800
- Cleanerskr 7,771,700
- Clerical support workers not elsewhere classifiedkr 7,186,000
- Client information workers not elsewhere classifiedkr 6,911,700
- Clinical research assistantkr 7,702,600
- Cnc operatorkr 10,365,900
- Coffee tasterkr 9,241,600
- Commodity traderkr 10,909,000
- Community health workerkr 9,213,200
- Companionkr 7,951,600
- Concrete finisherkr 10,701,300
- Construction foremankr 11,347,600
- Construction managerkr 12,681,400
- Construction workerkr 8,392,400
- Cookkr 7,530,900
- Corporate trainerkr 9,275,900
- Correctional officerkr 10,504,400
- Corrugator operatorkr 9,167,900
- Courierkr 7,560,400
- Craft and related workers not elsewhere classifiedkr 8,215,700
- Crane operatorskr 10,992,800
- Crop producerkr 8,786,900
- Crop team leaderkr 8,809,300
- Croupierkr 6,507,900
- Cure operatorkr 8,850,900
- Customer service clerkkr 6,945,100
- Customs agentkr 8,753,000
- Customs officerkr 9,738,800
- Dance teacherkr 5,121,200
- Data administratorkr 10,487,100
- Data centre operatorkr 11,022,300
- Data entry clerkkr 6,784,900
- Database and network professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 10,881,800
- Day care workerkr 7,678,500
- Debt collectorkr 8,038,600
- Deep-sea fishermankr 9,079,700
- Dental hygienistkr 8,172,800
- Dentistkr 11,591,700
- Dietitiankr 8,586,200
- Doctorkr 13,863,000
- Door to door sellerkr 8,231,600
- Draughtspersonkr 9,778,000
- Driving instructorkr 9,682,900
- Earthmoving and related plant operatorskr 10,270,300
- Economistkr 11,115,500
- Education officerkr 9,208,600
- Electric powerline workerkr 12,947,400
- Electrical assemblerkr 8,148,600
- Electrical engineerkr 11,611,400
- Electrical techniciankr 10,628,500
- Electriciankr 10,995,900
- Electronic engineerkr 11,256,400
- Electronics engineering techniciankr 9,912,700
- Elementary school teacherkr 9,249,900
- Embalmerkr 8,802,900
- Embroidererkr 8,454,200
- Employment agentkr 9,524,500
- Energy managerkr 14,862,900
- Environment engineerkr 10,163,600
- Environmental protection professionalskr 9,298,000
- Esol teacherkr 7,919,400
- Event coordinatorkr 8,737,700
- Executive assistantkr 9,245,600
- Fabric cutterkr 7,919,500
- Fabric dyerkr 8,225,800
- Façade cleanerkr 7,863,700
- Facility managerkr 14,845,000
- Factory labourerkr 7,962,000
- Farm equipment operatorkr 9,036,500
- Farm handkr 7,677,900
- Farm handskr 7,259,600
- Fast food workerkr 5,149,700
- Fiacre driverkr 6,943,100
- File clerkkr 7,597,200
- Fill operatorkr 7,493,200
- Finance adviserkr 11,942,700
- Finance managerkr 16,238,900
- Financial analystkr 10,738,400
- Financierkr 10,757,500
- Fire alarm techniciankr 11,216,800
- Firefighterkr 11,611,600
- Fisheries boatmankr 9,079,700
- Fishery production managerkr 10,979,100
- Fitness club managerkr 11,114,900
- Flight attendantkr 9,036,200
- Food and related products machine operatorskr 8,344,800
- Food service workerkr 6,619,600
- Food stall holderkr 7,394,200
- Forest rangerkr 9,173,400
- Forest workerkr 8,224,100
- Foresterkr 11,941,700
- Forestry advisorkr 9,801,700
- Forestry techniciankr 9,014,800
- Forklift operatorkr 8,633,400
- Fruit, vegetable and related preserverskr 8,807,700
- Fur animal rearerkr 9,734,600
- Garage managerkr 12,763,800
- Gardenerkr 7,666,600
- Garment presserkr 6,877,600
- Gas station salespersonkr 6,677,900
- General managerkr 13,957,700
- Geologistkr 10,964,400
- Glassblowerkr 8,782,700
- Glassmakerkr 9,150,600
- Glazierkr 9,756,600
- Gluing operatorkr 7,609,100
- Graderkr 9,547,200
- Grinderkr 9,537,700
- Guidekr 7,954,400
- Gym workerkr 7,327,900
- Hairdresserkr 7,043,200
- Hand and pedal vehicle driverskr 7,455,700
- Head of marketingkr 15,880,100
- Health professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 8,524,200
- Health records clerkkr 9,004,700
- Health screenerkr 8,434,200
- Heat treat operatorkr 9,312,400
- Hide machine operatorkr 8,278,700
- High school teacherkr 9,823,400
- Historiankr 9,371,200
- Horticulturistkr 8,566,800
- Hotel managerkr 11,023,700
- Hotel receptionistkr 6,231,100
- House managerkr 8,398,800
- Household managerkr 8,149,900
- Housekeeperkr 6,745,100
- HR managerkr 14,810,000
- Hunterkr 9,162,200
- Hvac mechanickr 11,056,000
- Industrial engineerkr 10,967,300
- Industrial painterkr 9,305,600
- Information clerkkr 7,181,300
- Insulatorkr 10,169,200
- Insurance agentkr 16,105,500
- Insurance sellerkr 10,020,700
- IT presales techniciankr 10,748,300
- IT project managerkr 16,580,800
- IT techniciankr 9,599,900
- IT trainerkr 9,003,700
- Jewellerkr 8,799,700
- Journalistkr 9,115,800
- Judgekr 12,979,800
- Kitchen assistantkr 6,644,600
- Laboratory technologistkr 9,013,400
- Landscape architectkr 9,582,800
- Laser techniciankr 10,735,300
- Laundry workerkr 7,120,400
- Lawyerkr 12,140,800
- Legal aidekr 9,336,000
- Legal professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 10,457,700
- Legal secretarykr 8,128,200
- Legislatorskr 6,792,700
- Librariankr 9,064,100
- Library assistantkr 7,013,500
- Livestock and dairy producerskr 9,150,100
- Livestock farm labourerskr 7,419,200
- Loan officerkr 9,891,900
- Logistics managerkr 13,436,300
- Loss adjusterkr 10,303,100
- Machine oilerkr 11,578,100
- Mail carrierkr 7,506,300
- Management consultantkr 10,793,000
- Manufacturing directorkr 14,348,600
- Market traderkr 8,265,400
- Marketing specialistkr 9,709,100
- Mechanical engineerkr 11,163,500
- Mechanical engineering techniciankr 10,947,800
- Medical assistantkr 7,441,700
- Medical herbalistkr 8,598,700
- Medical laboratory techniciankr 8,979,100
- Medical transcriberkr 8,172,800
- Medical writerkr 8,718,300
- Metal casterkr 9,921,200
- Metal filerkr 9,101,000
- Metal furnace operatorkr 10,162,700
- Metal molderkr 9,643,400
- Metal workerkr 9,995,400
- Metallurgistkr 10,280,600
- Metalworkerkr 10,463,600
- Meteorologistkr 10,833,300
- Meter readerkr 7,787,400
- Midwifekr 9,994,800
- Midwife assistantkr 9,531,700
- Mine engineerkr 11,776,200
- Mine supervisorkr 11,511,800
- Minerskr 11,270,700
- Mining assistantkr 9,722,200
- Mixed farmerkr 8,988,400
- Motorcyle courierkr 8,244,400
- Museum curatorkr 8,781,300
- Museum techniciankr 8,267,500
- Music teacherkr 8,183,200
- Musiciankr 8,133,000
- Network engineerkr 10,143,200
- Networks engineerkr 10,853,800
- Nursing assistantkr 8,292,400
- Nursing associate professionalskr 8,929,700
- Nursing home managerkr 13,224,900
- Odd job personskr 8,075,900
- Office clerkkr 7,487,000
- Office managerkr 9,845,800
- Operations managerkr 16,047,400
- Opticiankr 7,900,600
- Optometristkr 9,534,800
- Other artistic and cultural associate professionalskr 9,241,200
- Paper makerkr 9,465,000
- Paramedickr 10,393,000
- Paramedical practitionerskr 10,855,600
- Passport officerkr 9,633,400
- Pastry cookkr 8,103,100
- Patent agentkr 11,080,700
- Pawnbrokerkr 6,117,100
- Payroll clerkkr 8,284,900
- Performerkr 6,437,700
- Personal care attendantkr 8,082,800
- Personal care workers in health services not elsewhere classifiedkr 8,277,600
- Personnel clerkskr 7,935,200
- Pest control techniciankr 9,074,300
- Pharmacistkr 10,561,500
- Photo retoucherkr 7,897,800
- Photographerkr 8,166,400
- Physical therapistkr 8,679,300
- Piano tunerkr 10,204,200
- Picker and packerkr 7,005,100
- Plastererkr 9,639,400
- Plumberkr 10,783,700
- Police detectivekr 12,802,000
- Police officerkr 11,795,200
- Policy analystkr 9,670,500
- Potterkr 8,998,600
- Poultry sexerkr 8,428,200
- Power plant operatorkr 11,352,900
- Prepress techniciankr 9,295,100
- Preschool teacherkr 7,799,800
- Preschool teaching assistantkr 7,714,800
- Primary school managerkr 14,515,200
- Print operatorkr 9,042,900
- Prison teacherkr 8,378,700
- Process operatorkr 12,499,800
- Product designerkr 8,982,100
- Product managerkr 15,780,600
- Production line coordinatorkr 8,444,400
- Production supervisorkr 10,768,300
- Professorkr 10,037,100
- Project managerkr 14,466,600
- Promotions demonstratorkr 7,083,400
- Proofreaderkr 7,950,900
- Psychologistkr 9,961,200
- Public health inspectorkr 9,826,500
- Public relations professionalskr 9,089,700
- Pulp control workerkr 8,747,300
- Quality inspectorkr 10,168,600
- Radiologic technologistkr 10,557,700
- Rail conductorkr 8,483,200
- Real estate agentkr 9,720,500
- Receptionistkr 6,239,300
- Registered nursekr 10,088,600
- Regulatory government associate professionals not elsewhere classifiedkr 9,158,800
- Religious professionalskr 7,910,900
- Religious workerkr 8,205,200
- Rental sales workerkr 8,152,800
- Restaurant managerkr 9,646,000
- Retail sales associatekr 8,022,400
- Retail store supervisorkr 9,110,600
- Riding instructorkr 7,093,100
- Rig drillerkr 11,300,800
- Riggerkr 11,475,300
- Rooferkr 8,117,500
- Runway modelkr 7,234,400
- Sales engineerkr 10,455,000
- Sales representativekr 10,210,800
- Sawmill operatorkr 8,842,500
- Scribes and related workerskr 7,666,200
- Secretarykr 7,697,400
- Security guardkr 8,775,100
- Senior government officialskr 16,722,600
- Set designerkr 8,310,700
- Sewing machine operatorkr 7,162,900
- Sex workerkr 7,250,500
- Shelf stackerkr 6,638,700
- Ship pilotkr 10,872,100
- Ships’ deck crews and related workerskr 9,729,400
- Shoemakerkr 8,260,900
- Shop keeperkr 10,929,200
- Sign installerkr 9,218,000
- Signalmankr 11,363,500
- Slitter operatorkr 8,782,200
- Social care workerkr 8,623,900
- Social media managerkr 15,985,400
- Social services managerkr 12,834,700
- Social workerkr 8,868,800
- Software developerkr 11,205,300
- Software programmerkr 10,345,800
- Software testerkr 10,694,100
- Sorterkr 8,206,500
- Special needs teacherkr 9,346,500
- Specialist doctorkr 16,702,600
- Speech therapistkr 8,951,900
- Sport coachkr 6,905,800
- Statisticiankr 10,637,800
- Steel erectorkr 10,848,000
- Stock coordinatorkr 7,289,000
- Stone fabricatorkr 9,340,300
- Stone planerkr 9,411,200
- Stonemasonkr 10,243,900
- Store managerkr 12,097,600
- Street and related service workerskr 7,772,700
- Street sweeperkr 8,047,900
- Street vendorkr 7,749,100
- Subsistence crop farmerskr 7,853,900
- Subsistence fishers, hunters, trappers and gathererskr 8,719,700
- Subsistence livestock farmerskr 7,942,100
- Subsistence mixed crop and livestock farmerskr 7,863,700
- Survey enumeratorkr 7,130,100
- Surveyorkr 9,892,700
- Switchboard operatorkr 7,700,800
- Systems administratorkr 10,452,000
- Systems analystkr 11,361,600
- Tailorkr 7,319,000
- Tannerkr 8,875,100
- Tax officerkr 10,175,700
- Taxi driverkr 7,869,600
- Technical aidekr 10,144,300
- Telecom administratorkr 10,650,400
- Tellerkr 7,928,400
- Tent builderkr 10,275,100
- Test engineerkr 10,991,900
- Textile braiderkr 7,953,700
- Textile machine operatorkr 7,729,600
- Therapy assistantkr 7,065,200
- Tile installerkr 9,633,200
- Tobacco dryerkr 9,119,300
- Trades union officialkr 15,103,800
- Traditional chiefs and heads of villagekr 16,868,100
- Traditional therapistkr 7,621,700
- Train driverkr 13,019,700
- Translatorkr 8,399,200
- Transport clerkskr 8,360,000
- Travel agentkr 7,078,100
- Tree doctorkr 8,306,000
- Truck driverkr 9,583,800
- Typistkr 7,143,800
- Underwater welderkr 11,169,900
- Upholstererkr 8,519,300
- Urban plannerkr 10,085,100
- UX designerkr 8,382,700
- Vet techniciankr 7,328,600
- Veterinariankr 10,297,200
- Vocational teacherkr 9,094,100
- Waiterkr 6,831,600
- Warehouse workerkr 8,214,100
- Waste collectorkr 8,184,600
- Watch makerkr 10,015,200
- Water and firewood collectorskr 7,663,000
- Water plant operatorkr 9,754,100
- Water-based fisheries workerkr 7,355,500
- Web developerkr 10,355,500
- Web techniciankr 11,027,800
- Welderkr 10,188,600
- Wind techniciankr 8,878,400
- Winder operatorkr 7,802,900
- Window washerkr 7,661,000
- Wood treaterkr 9,393,200
- Woodworkerkr 8,837,900
- Zoologistkr 10,122,200
Source: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, gross pay by major occupation group. How we calculate