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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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€38,602 EUR

$42,633 USD

Tallinn

€39,215 EUR

€33,501 EUR

$37,000 USD

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Average Salary / Estonia

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Average salary in Estonia is €38,602 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €33,501 EUR. All data are based on 292 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €41,107 EUR. Women receive a salary of €32,686 EUR.

The most paid careers are Architect Constructions with average income €164,791 EUR and Health Care & Medical with income €83,663 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €52,697 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €43,642 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of €61,208 EUR. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive €60,302 EUR.

Levels / Estonia (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,700 EUR - €4,499 EUR	0	n/a
€4,500 EUR - €9,099 EUR	8	100% 2.74%
€9,100 EUR - €13,599 EUR	11	97.26% 3.77%
€13,600 EUR - €18,099 EUR	33	93.49% 11.3%
€18,100 EUR - €22,599 EUR	30	82.19% 10.27%
€22,600 EUR - €27,199 EUR	29	71.92% 9.93%
€27,200 EUR - €31,699 EUR	22	61.99% 7.53%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€31,700 EUR - €36,199 EUR	38	54.45% 13.01%
€36,200 EUR - €40,699 EUR	29	41.44% 9.93%
€40,700 EUR - €45,299 EUR	18	31.51% 6.16%
€45,300 EUR - €49,799 EUR	10	25.34% 3.42%
€49,800 EUR - €54,299 EUR	15	21.92% 5.14%
€54,300 EUR - €58,899 EUR	8	16.78% 2.74%
€58,900 EUR - €63,399 EUR	11	14.04% 3.77%
€63,400 EUR - €67,899 EUR	7	10.27% 2.4%
€67,900 EUR - €72,399 EUR	2	7.88% 0.68%
€72,400 EUR - €76,999 EUR	2	7.19% 0.68%
€77,000 EUR - €81,499 EUR	1	6.51% 0.34%
€81,500 EUR - €85,999 EUR	1	6.16% 0.34%
€86,000 EUR - €90,499 EUR	2	5.82% 0.68%
€90,500 EUR - €95,099 EUR	0	n/a
€95,100 EUR - €99,599 EUR	3	5.14% 1.03%
€99,600 EUR - €104,099 EUR	1	4.11% 0.34%
€104,100 EUR - €108,699 EUR	0	n/a
€108,700 EUR - €113,199 EUR	1	3.77% 0.34%
€113,200 EUR - €117,699 EUR	2	3.42% 0.68%
€117,700 EUR - €122,199 EUR	4	2.74% 1.37%
€122,200 EUR - €126,799 EUR	1	1.37% 0.34%
€126,800 EUR - €131,299 EUR	0	n/a
€131,300 EUR - €135,799 EUR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
€135,800 EUR - €144,899 EUR	0	n/a
€144,900 EUR - €153,899 EUR	0	n/a
€153,900 EUR - €162,999 EUR	1	1.03% 0.34%
€163,000 EUR - €171,999 EUR	0	n/a
€172,000 EUR - €181,099 EUR	1	0.68% 0.34%
€181,100 EUR - €190,099 EUR	0	n/a
€190,100 EUR - €199,199 EUR	0	n/a
€199,200 EUR - €208,299 EUR	0	n/a
€208,300 EUR - €217,299 EUR	0	n/a
€217,300 EUR - €226,399 EUR	0	n/a
€226,400 EUR - €316,899 EUR	1	0.34% 0.34%

Gender / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	203	€41,107 EUR
2	Women	71	€32,686 EUR

Education / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	8	€52,697 EUR
2	Masters Degree	98	€43,642 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	131	€37,395 EUR
4	Some College	28	€33,139 EUR
5	Bellow H. School	7	€28,159 EUR
6	High School	20	€27,616 EUR

Experience / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	13	€61,208 EUR
2	20+ Years	27	€60,302 EUR
3	12-16 Years	32	€48,713 EUR
4	8-12 Years	48	€46,902 EUR
5	4-8 Years	61	€34,316 EUR
6	2-4 Years	56	€30,060 EUR
7	1-2 Years	34	€23,179 EUR
8	0-1 Year	21	€22,364 EUR

Age / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	1	€86,108 EUR
2	36-40	39	€53,602 EUR
3	41-45	22	€53,149 EUR
4	46-50	13	€52,244 EUR
5	51-55	5	€42,827 EUR
6	31-35	53	€40,835 EUR
7	26-30	85	€35,040 EUR
8	n/a	18	€34,135 EUR
9	14-20	2	€32,415 EUR
10	21-25	54	€22,364 EUR

Work Type / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	10	€40,564 EUR
2	Permanent	241	€39,658 EUR
3	Contract	33	€34,950 EUR
4	Part Time	8	€20,282 EUR

Cities / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	--Other--	14	€41,288 EUR
2	Tallinn	252	€39,205 EUR
3	Tartu	26	€31,238 EUR

Career Groups / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Architect Constructions	2	€164,791 EUR
2	Health Care & Medical	3	€83,663 EUR
3	Management & Business	34	€63,290 EUR
4	Properties & Real Estates	1	€59,397 EUR
5	Health Care & Medical II	6	€45,363 EUR
6	Aviation & Shipping	3	€44,548 EUR
7	Law	4	€41,831 EUR
8	IT & Programming II	22	€39,205 EUR
9	Finance & Banking	23	€38,934 EUR
10	Human Resources	7	€38,028 EUR
11	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	19	€36,670 EUR
12	IT & Programming	84	€36,308 EUR
13	Making Design	4	€36,127 EUR
14	Insurance	1	€33,954 EUR
15	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	€33,682 EUR
16	Military	1	€32,234 EUR
17	Media	2	€31,328 EUR
18	Accounting & Administration	14	€29,155 EUR
19	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	€28,431 EUR
20	Logistics, Road, Railway	7	€26,710 EUR
21	Organization & Coordination	3	€26,258 EUR
22	Engineers & Technicians	20	€25,171 EUR
23	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	€25,080 EUR
24	Education & University	7	€24,899 EUR
25	Hotels & Tourism	2	€24,356 EUR
26	Construction & Labor Workers	4	€23,541 EUR
27	Automobile	2	€19,919 EUR
28	Engineers & Technicians V	2	€18,471 EUR
29	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	2	€17,565 EUR
30	Public Sector	3	€17,294 EUR
31	Customer Services	4	€10,231 EUR

Careers / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	6	€99,780 EUR
2	Doctor Specialist	2	€99,780 EUR
3	Product Manager	2	€99,146 EUR
4	Finance Manager	3	€71,802 EUR
5	Operations Manager	3	€68,089 EUR
6	CEO	5	€64,468 EUR
7	Windows System Administrator	3	€64,286 EUR
8	Business Administration	1	€58,129 EUR
9	Clinical Research Associate	3	€55,141 EUR
10	Software Engineer	4	€49,528 EUR
11	Marketing Manager	5	€47,626 EUR
12	Lead Developer	5	€47,264 EUR
13	IT Manager	11	€46,630 EUR
14	Human Resource Hunter	5	€45,544 EUR
15	Audit Manager	2	€42,375 EUR
16	Engineering Manager	2	€42,284 EUR
17	IT Project Manager	13	€40,926 EUR
18	Logistics Manager	3	€39,749 EUR
19	Manager	7	€38,843 EUR
20	Financial Analyst	4	€38,028 EUR
21	PHP Developer	3	€37,123 EUR
22	Business Development Manager	4	€36,851 EUR
23	Other Finance Career	9	€34,769 EUR
24	Architect	1	€34,316 EUR
25	Stock Broker	1	€34,316 EUR
26	Project Manager	3	€34,226 EUR
27	Java Developer	6	€34,135 EUR
28	Risk Analyst	2	€34,135 EUR
29	Software Developer	18	€33,501 EUR
30	Lawyer	3	€33,320 EUR
31	Secretary	1	€33,048 EUR
32	Sergeant	1	€32,234 EUR
33	Data-warehouse Engineer	5	€31,962 EUR
34	Sales Manager	3	€30,785 EUR
35	IT Coordinator	3	€30,604 EUR
36	Database Administrator	4	€29,336 EUR
37	Research Engineer	1	€29,155 EUR
38	Web Developer	7	€28,974 EUR
39	Other IT Career	9	€28,340 EUR
40	Salesmen or Saleswomen	2	€28,250 EUR
41	Construction Manager	2	€25,624 EUR
42	Lecturer	1	€25,080 EUR
43	Other Education Career	3	€24,718 EUR
44	Lead Administrator	1	€24,628 EUR
45	Accountant	2	€24,537 EUR
46	System Administrator	3	€23,994 EUR
47	Engineer	7	€23,179 EUR
48	Mechanical Engineer	5	€22,002 EUR
49	Business Marketing	2	€20,463 EUR
50	Other Engineer Career	2	€18,471 EUR
51	Technician	2	€18,290 EUR
52	Logistics	3	€17,927 EUR
53	.NET Developer	3	€17,837 EUR
54	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	2	€17,022 EUR
55	Other Public Sector Career	2	€14,577 EUR
56	Logistics Coordinator	1	€14,034 EUR
57	Call Center	2	€11,318 EUR
58	Other Service Career	1	€6,519 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Junior Java Developer

Posted 15 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Devops java developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Basic	€22,000 EUR

Associate

Posted 13 July 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€58,200 EUR

Sysadmin

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mange all devices, set ups for new employees, IT training, account setups, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€33,900 EUR

Rg Lead

Posted 29 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Creating policies, training materials."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€38,000 EUR

Strategic Business Analyst

Posted 24 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mostly doing all kinds of analysis to construct a strategy and ensure the strategy aligned with business direction."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€61,200 EUR

Depot Coordinator

Posted 13 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordinating, communicating with tran2."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Some College	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€14,100 EUR

Social Secy

Posted 15 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Secretary."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€33,100 EUR

Geotechnic

Posted 14 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Geotechnical investigations, geological investigations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tartu	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€29,200 EUR

Technican

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electric, Ventilation, repairs."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tartu	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€17,700 EUR

Ops Manager

Posted 27 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€24,600 EUR

Chief Executive Officer

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Startup director."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tartu	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€53,400 EUR

Platoon Sergeant

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Discipline, military tactics, speciality."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Some College	2-4 Years	Advanced	€32,300 EUR

Test Product Owner

Posted 20 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Manage test solutions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€31,800 EUR

Agent

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Doing things."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€24,000 EUR

Project Manager

Posted 28 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Construction, Interior Fit-out."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€34,300 EUR

Lecturer In Social Sciences

Posted 26 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching university courses and generating research knowledge."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€25,100 EUR

Chief Financial Officer

Posted 26 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Chief Financial Officer 
Cash Management, Budgeting, Investment Portfolio Return Reports (ca 400 investments, diversified portfolio from Tech direct, VC Fund up to Crypto and Real Estate), Organising Book-keeping, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€61,600 EUR

Board Member

Posted 08 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Strategic management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	€119,600 EUR

Project Engineer

Posted 18 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"CAD design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€21,800 EUR

Stock Trader

Posted 10 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Stock trading."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€34,300 EUR

Business Analyst

Posted 04 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Improve business process; construct and analyze business case, etc."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€44,000 EUR

Sales And Account Manager

Posted 10 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"B2b sales, closing deals, account management, sales management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	€48,400 EUR

Developer

Posted 23 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, web development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	High School	2-4 Years	Advanced	€44,000 EUR

Web Game Developer

Posted 17 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Game Design, Math, Physics, Game Engine."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€39,600 EUR

Pr Manager

Posted 08 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"8 yers experiences."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€55,000 EUR

Principal Business Analyst

Posted 27 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Discovering the potential of various business verticals and/or geographical markets from the perspective of e-Residency of Estonia
Interviewing entrepreneurs and business people in the field, deep-diving into practicalities of jurisdictional business problems we could help solve
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of problems and opportunities
Preparing business cases, user personas and segmentation for business development and marketing use; helping validate messaging."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€71,500 EUR

Product Manager

Posted 28 April 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€55,000 EUR

Esg Head

Posted 26 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Leading the sustainability activities and managing organizational change."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€52,400 EUR

Frontend Developer

Posted 10 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop web pages, keep the code neat, develop features, fix issues in the web pages."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€32,700 EUR

Frontend Developer

Posted 10 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop web pages, keep the code neat, develop features, fix issues in the web pages."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€32,700 EUR

Director General

Posted 11 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Directing General."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	€65,500 EUR

Technical Lead

Posted 05 January 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Everything related software development, devops, IT archtecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€45,800 EUR

Sales Director

Posted 22 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"New sales development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	€66,600 EUR

Group Product Manager

Posted 21 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€109,800 EUR

Head Of Project Management

Posted 15 December 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Prince2
ITIL v3."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€53,700 EUR

Software Dev

Posted 27 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop and maintain clients vision."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bellow H. School	2-4 Years	n/a	€26,800 EUR

Software Developer

Posted 05 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop software."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	€51,100 EUR

Financial Analyst

Posted 12 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Planning, budgeting, FP&A, ACCA."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	€31,000 EUR

Customer Support Agent

Posted 08 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I'm responsible for marketing research both on Linkedin and Google. This included finding companies that fit predetermined categories. Within those companies I find the right person. Then use "Seamless. ai" to search for phone numbers, emails and addresses that was followed by sending connection requests on Linkedin and emails through CRM program "PipeDrive"."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	€6,600 EUR

Product Manager

Posted 29 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Product, analytics, data."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€95,400 EUR

Product Analyst

Posted 23 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Python, jira, analysis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€54,700 EUR

Ruby Developer

Posted 31 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Backend Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bellow H. School	4-8 Years	n/a	€21,900 EUR

Qa Engineer

Posted 03 August 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Automation testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€31,600 EUR

Software Engineer

Posted 21 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Spring Boot, Java, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, OpenAPI, Gradle, Mockito, JUnit, ElasticSearch, Kibana, AWS, Docker, React, Redux."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	€20,900 EUR

Electrical Technical Officer

Posted 03 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Electrical system technician."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	€99,400 EUR

Qa Automation Engineer

Posted 20 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Selenium WebDriver. Java."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€32,200 EUR

Data Analyst

Posted 14 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"SQL, Python, Google Sheets."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bellow H. School	8-12 Years	n/a	€29,800 EUR

Risk Analyst

Posted 22 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Advise on operational and strategic risks across multiple areas."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€43,700 EUR

Specialist

Posted 01 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Fixing the incidents about logistics actions within the system."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€20,900 EUR

Member Of Management Board

Posted 21 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Vision, strategy, development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	€155,700 EUR

ECONOMY / Estonia

Estonia was among the countries with the fastest growing economy in the world until year 2006. It's growth was more than 10% annually. The main trade partners with Estonia are Russia, Finland, Sweden and Germany. The largest industries in Estonia are engineering, high tech, electronics, wood products, and textiles.

Mayor companies in Estonia are:

A. Le Coq (brewer)
Edelaraudtee (rail transport)
Saku Olletehas (brewer)
Edelaraudtee (rail transport)
Baltika (apparel)
Norma, car parts
Eesti Energia (energy company)
Eesti Ehitus (construction)