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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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€37,925 EUR

$42,633 USD

Tallinn

€38,527 EUR

€32,914 EUR

$37,000 USD

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Average Salary / Estonia

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Average salary in Estonia is €37,925 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €32,914 EUR. All data are based on 292 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €40,386 EUR. Women receive a salary of €32,113 EUR.

The most paid careers are Architect Constructions with average income €161,903 EUR and Health Care & Medical with income €82,197 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €51,773 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €42,877 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of €60,135 EUR. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive €59,246 EUR.

Levels / Estonia (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,700 EUR - €4,399 EUR	0	n/a
€4,400 EUR - €8,899 EUR	8	100% 2.74%
€8,900 EUR - €13,299 EUR	11	97.26% 3.77%
€13,300 EUR - €17,799 EUR	33	93.49% 11.3%
€17,800 EUR - €22,199 EUR	30	82.19% 10.27%
€22,200 EUR - €26,699 EUR	29	71.92% 9.93%
€26,700 EUR - €31,099 EUR	22	61.99% 7.53%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€31,100 EUR - €35,599 EUR	38	54.45% 13.01%
€35,600 EUR - €39,999 EUR	29	41.44% 9.93%
€40,000 EUR - €44,499 EUR	18	31.51% 6.16%
€44,500 EUR - €48,899 EUR	10	25.34% 3.42%
€48,900 EUR - €53,399 EUR	15	21.92% 5.14%
€53,400 EUR - €57,799 EUR	8	16.78% 2.74%
€57,800 EUR - €62,299 EUR	11	14.04% 3.77%
€62,300 EUR - €66,699 EUR	7	10.27% 2.4%
€66,700 EUR - €71,199 EUR	2	7.88% 0.68%
€71,200 EUR - €75,599 EUR	2	7.19% 0.68%
€75,600 EUR - €80,099 EUR	1	6.51% 0.34%
€80,100 EUR - €84,499 EUR	1	6.16% 0.34%
€84,500 EUR - €88,999 EUR	2	5.82% 0.68%
€89,000 EUR - €93,399 EUR	0	n/a
€93,400 EUR - €97,899 EUR	3	5.14% 1.03%
€97,900 EUR - €102,299 EUR	1	4.11% 0.34%
€102,300 EUR - €106,699 EUR	0	n/a
€106,700 EUR - €111,199 EUR	1	3.77% 0.34%
€111,200 EUR - €115,599 EUR	2	3.42% 0.68%
€115,600 EUR - €120,099 EUR	4	2.74% 1.37%
€120,100 EUR - €124,499 EUR	1	1.37% 0.34%
€124,500 EUR - €128,999 EUR	0	n/a
€129,000 EUR - €133,399 EUR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
€133,400 EUR - €142,299 EUR	0	n/a
€142,300 EUR - €151,199 EUR	0	n/a
€151,200 EUR - €160,099 EUR	1	1.03% 0.34%
€160,100 EUR - €168,999 EUR	0	n/a
€169,000 EUR - €177,899 EUR	1	0.68% 0.34%
€177,900 EUR - €186,799 EUR	0	n/a
€186,800 EUR - €195,699 EUR	0	n/a
€195,700 EUR - €204,599 EUR	0	n/a
€204,600 EUR - €213,499 EUR	0	n/a
€213,500 EUR - €222,399 EUR	0	n/a
€222,400 EUR - €311,399 EUR	1	0.34% 0.34%

Gender / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	203	€40,386 EUR
2	Women	71	€32,113 EUR

Education / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	8	€51,773 EUR
2	Masters Degree	98	€42,877 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	131	€36,739 EUR
4	Some College	28	€32,558 EUR
5	Bellow H. School	7	€27,665 EUR
6	High School	20	€27,132 EUR

Experience / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	13	€60,135 EUR
2	20+ Years	27	€59,246 EUR
3	12-16 Years	32	€47,859 EUR
4	8-12 Years	48	€46,080 EUR
5	4-8 Years	61	€33,715 EUR
6	2-4 Years	56	€29,534 EUR
7	1-2 Years	34	€22,773 EUR
8	0-1 Year	21	€21,972 EUR

Age / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	1	€84,599 EUR
2	36-40	39	€52,663 EUR
3	41-45	22	€52,218 EUR
4	46-50	13	€51,328 EUR
5	51-55	5	€42,077 EUR
6	31-35	53	€40,120 EUR
7	26-30	85	€34,426 EUR
8	n/a	18	€33,537 EUR
9	14-20	2	€31,846 EUR
10	21-25	54	€21,972 EUR

Work Type / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	10	€39,853 EUR
2	Permanent	241	€38,963 EUR
3	Contract	33	€34,337 EUR
4	Part Time	8	€19,926 EUR

Cities / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	--Other--	14	€40,564 EUR
2	Tallinn	252	€38,518 EUR
3	Tartu	26	€30,690 EUR

Career Groups / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Architect Constructions	2	€161,903 EUR
2	Health Care & Medical	3	€82,197 EUR
3	Management & Business	34	€62,181 EUR
4	Properties & Real Estates	1	€58,356 EUR
5	Health Care & Medical II	6	€44,568 EUR
6	Aviation & Shipping	3	€43,767 EUR
7	Law	4	€41,098 EUR
8	IT & Programming II	22	€38,518 EUR
9	Finance & Banking	23	€38,251 EUR
10	Human Resources	7	€37,362 EUR
11	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	19	€36,028 EUR
12	IT & Programming	84	€35,672 EUR
13	Making Design	4	€35,494 EUR
14	Insurance	1	€33,359 EUR
15	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	€33,092 EUR
16	Military	1	€31,669 EUR
17	Media	2	€30,779 EUR
18	Accounting & Administration	14	€28,644 EUR
19	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	€27,932 EUR
20	Logistics, Road, Railway	7	€26,242 EUR
21	Organization & Coordination	3	€25,797 EUR
22	Engineers & Technicians	20	€24,730 EUR
23	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	€24,641 EUR
24	Education & University	7	€24,463 EUR
25	Hotels & Tourism	2	€23,929 EUR
26	Construction & Labor Workers	4	€23,129 EUR
27	Automobile	2	€19,570 EUR
28	Engineers & Technicians V	2	€18,147 EUR
29	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	2	€17,257 EUR
30	Public Sector	3	€16,990 EUR
31	Customer Services	4	€10,052 EUR

Careers / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	6	€98,031 EUR
2	Doctor Specialist	2	€98,031 EUR
3	Product Manager	2	€97,409 EUR
4	Finance Manager	3	€70,543 EUR
5	Operations Manager	3	€66,896 EUR
6	CEO	5	€63,338 EUR
7	Windows System Administrator	3	€63,160 EUR
8	Business Administration	1	€57,111 EUR
9	Clinical Research Associate	3	€54,175 EUR
10	Software Engineer	4	€48,660 EUR
11	Marketing Manager	5	€46,791 EUR
12	Lead Developer	5	€46,436 EUR
13	IT Manager	11	€45,813 EUR
14	Human Resource Hunter	5	€44,745 EUR
15	Audit Manager	2	€41,632 EUR
16	Engineering Manager	2	€41,543 EUR
17	IT Project Manager	13	€40,209 EUR
18	Logistics Manager	3	€39,052 EUR
19	Manager	7	€38,163 EUR
20	Financial Analyst	4	€37,362 EUR
21	PHP Developer	3	€36,472 EUR
22	Business Development Manager	4	€36,205 EUR
23	Other Finance Career	9	€34,159 EUR
24	Architect	1	€33,715 EUR
25	Stock Broker	1	€33,715 EUR
26	Project Manager	3	€33,626 EUR
27	Java Developer	6	€33,537 EUR
28	Risk Analyst	2	€33,537 EUR
29	Software Developer	18	€32,914 EUR
30	Lawyer	3	€32,736 EUR
31	Secretary	1	€32,469 EUR
32	Sergeant	1	€31,669 EUR
33	Data-warehouse Engineer	5	€31,402 EUR
34	Sales Manager	3	€30,245 EUR
35	IT Coordinator	3	€30,067 EUR
36	Database Administrator	4	€28,822 EUR
37	Research Engineer	1	€28,644 EUR
38	Web Developer	7	€28,466 EUR
39	Other IT Career	9	€27,843 EUR
40	Salesmen or Saleswomen	2	€27,754 EUR
41	Construction Manager	2	€25,175 EUR
42	Lecturer	1	€24,641 EUR
43	Other Education Career	3	€24,285 EUR
44	Lead Administrator	1	€24,196 EUR
45	Accountant	2	€24,107 EUR
46	System Administrator	3	€23,573 EUR
47	Engineer	7	€22,773 EUR
48	Mechanical Engineer	5	€21,616 EUR
49	Business Marketing	2	€20,104 EUR
50	Other Engineer Career	2	€18,147 EUR
51	Technician	2	€17,969 EUR
52	Logistics	3	€17,613 EUR
53	.NET Developer	3	€17,524 EUR
54	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	2	€16,724 EUR
55	Other Public Sector Career	2	€14,322 EUR
56	Logistics Coordinator	1	€13,788 EUR
57	Call Center	2	€11,119 EUR
58	Other Service Career	1	€6,404 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	€21,600 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	€57,100 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	€33,300 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	€37,400 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	€60,100 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	€13,800 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	€32,500 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	€28,700 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	€17,400 EUR

Ops Manager

Posted 27 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€24,200 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	€52,400 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	€31,700 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	€31,300 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	€23,600 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	€33,700 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	€24,600 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	€60,500 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	€117,500 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	€21,400 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	€33,700 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	€43,200 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	€47,500 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	€43,200 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	€38,900 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	€54,000 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	€70,200 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	€54,000 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	€51,400 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	€32,200 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	€32,200 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	€64,300 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	€45,000 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	€65,400 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	€107,800 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	€52,700 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	€26,400 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	€50,200 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	€30,500 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	€6,400 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	€93,800 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	€53,700 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	€21,500 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	€31,100 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	€20,500 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	€97,700 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	€31,600 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	€29,300 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	€43,000 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	€20,600 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	€153,000 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)