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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

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€39,363 EUR

$42,622 USD

Tallinn

€39,992 EUR

€34,171 EUR

$37,000 USD

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Average Salary / Estonia

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Average salary in Estonia is €39,363 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €34,171 EUR. All data are based on 290 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €41,836 EUR. Women receive a salary of €33,524 EUR.

The most paid careers are Architect Constructions with average income €168,086 EUR and Health Care & Medical with income €85,336 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €53,750 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €44,330 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of €62,431 EUR. Employees with 20+ Years of experience receive €61,508 EUR.

Levels / Estonia (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,800 EUR - €4,599 EUR	0	n/a
€4,600 EUR - €9,199 EUR	8	100% 2.76%
€9,200 EUR - €13,899 EUR	11	97.24% 3.79%
€13,900 EUR - €18,499 EUR	33	93.45% 11.38%
€18,500 EUR - €23,099 EUR	29	82.07% 10%
€23,100 EUR - €27,699 EUR	29	72.07% 10%
€27,700 EUR - €32,299 EUR	22	62.07% 7.59%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€32,300 EUR - €36,899 EUR	38	54.48% 13.1%
€36,900 EUR - €41,599 EUR	29	41.38% 10%
€41,600 EUR - €46,199 EUR	18	31.38% 6.21%
€46,200 EUR - €50,799 EUR	10	25.17% 3.45%
€50,800 EUR - €55,399 EUR	15	21.72% 5.17%
€55,400 EUR - €59,999 EUR	7	16.55% 2.41%
€60,000 EUR - €64,599 EUR	11	14.14% 3.79%
€64,600 EUR - €69,299 EUR	7	10.34% 2.41%
€69,300 EUR - €73,899 EUR	2	7.93% 0.69%
€73,900 EUR - €78,499 EUR	2	7.24% 0.69%
€78,500 EUR - €83,099 EUR	1	6.55% 0.34%
€83,100 EUR - €87,699 EUR	1	6.21% 0.34%
€87,700 EUR - €92,399 EUR	2	5.86% 0.69%
€92,400 EUR - €96,999 EUR	0	n/a
€97,000 EUR - €101,599 EUR	3	5.17% 1.03%
€101,600 EUR - €106,199 EUR	1	4.14% 0.34%
€106,200 EUR - €110,799 EUR	0	n/a
€110,800 EUR - €115,399 EUR	1	3.79% 0.34%
€115,400 EUR - €120,099 EUR	2	3.45% 0.69%
€120,100 EUR - €124,699 EUR	4	2.76% 1.38%
€124,700 EUR - €129,299 EUR	1	1.38% 0.34%
€129,300 EUR - €133,899 EUR	0	n/a
€133,900 EUR - €138,499 EUR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
€138,500 EUR - €147,799 EUR	0	n/a
€147,800 EUR - €156,999 EUR	0	n/a
€157,000 EUR - €166,199 EUR	1	1.03% 0.34%
€166,200 EUR - €175,499 EUR	0	n/a
€175,500 EUR - €184,699 EUR	1	0.69% 0.34%
€184,700 EUR - €193,899 EUR	0	n/a
€193,900 EUR - €203,199 EUR	0	n/a
€203,200 EUR - €212,399 EUR	0	n/a
€212,400 EUR - €221,699 EUR	0	n/a
€221,700 EUR - €230,899 EUR	0	n/a
€230,900 EUR - €323,199 EUR	1	0.34% 0.34%

Gender / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	202	€41,836 EUR
2	Women	70	€33,524 EUR

Education / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	8	€53,750 EUR
2	Masters Degree	97	€44,330 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	130	€38,234 EUR
4	Some College	28	€33,801 EUR
5	Bellow H. School	7	€28,722 EUR
6	High School	20	€28,168 EUR

Experience / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	13	€62,431 EUR
2	20+ Years	27	€61,508 EUR
3	12-16 Years	32	€49,686 EUR
4	8-12 Years	48	€47,839 EUR
5	4-8 Years	61	€35,002 EUR
6	2-4 Years	55	€30,200 EUR
7	1-2 Years	34	€23,642 EUR
8	0-1 Year	20	€22,904 EUR

Age / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	1	€87,829 EUR
2	36-40	39	€54,674 EUR
3	41-45	22	€54,212 EUR
4	46-50	13	€53,288 EUR
5	51-55	5	€43,683 EUR
6	31-35	52	€42,021 EUR
7	26-30	84	€35,464 EUR
8	n/a	18	€34,817 EUR
9	14-20	2	€33,063 EUR
10	21-25	54	€22,811 EUR

Work Type / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	10	€41,375 EUR
2	Permanent	239	€40,451 EUR
3	Contract	33	€35,649 EUR
4	Part Time	8	€20,687 EUR

Cities / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	--Other--	14	€42,113 EUR
2	Tallinn	250	€39,989 EUR
3	Tartu	26	€31,862 EUR

Career Groups / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Architect Constructions	2	€168,086 EUR
2	Health Care & Medical	3	€85,336 EUR
3	Management & Business	34	€64,556 EUR
4	Properties & Real Estates	1	€60,584 EUR
5	Health Care & Medical II	6	€46,269 EUR
6	Aviation & Shipping	3	€45,438 EUR
7	Law	4	€42,668 EUR
8	IT & Programming II	22	€39,989 EUR
9	Finance & Banking	23	€39,712 EUR
10	Human Resources	7	€38,789 EUR
11	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	19	€37,403 EUR
12	IT & Programming	83	€37,219 EUR
13	Making Design	4	€36,849 EUR
14	Insurance	1	€34,633 EUR
15	Arts, Culture, Performance	1	€34,356 EUR
16	Military	1	€32,878 EUR
17	Media	2	€31,954 EUR
18	Engineers & Technicians IV	1	€28,999 EUR
19	Accounting & Administration	13	€27,521 EUR
20	Logistics, Road, Railway	7	€27,244 EUR
21	Organization & Coordination	3	€26,782 EUR
22	Engineers & Technicians	20	€25,674 EUR
23	Salesmen & Saleswomen	4	€25,582 EUR
24	Education & University	7	€25,397 EUR
25	Hotels & Tourism	2	€24,843 EUR
26	Construction & Labor Workers	4	€24,012 EUR
27	Automobile	2	€20,318 EUR
28	Engineers & Technicians V	2	€18,840 EUR
29	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	2	€17,916 EUR
30	Public Sector	3	€17,639 EUR
31	Customer Services	4	€10,436 EUR

Careers / Estonia (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	6	€101,775 EUR
2	Doctor Specialist	2	€101,775 EUR
3	Navigation Technician Lead	1	€101,405 EUR
4	Product Manager	2	€101,128 EUR
5	Finance Manager	3	€73,237 EUR
6	Operations Manager	3	€69,450 EUR
7	CEO	5	€65,756 EUR
8	Windows System Administrator	3	€65,572 EUR
9	Clinical Research Associate	3	€56,244 EUR
10	Software Engineer	4	€50,518 EUR
11	Marketing Manager	5	€48,578 EUR
12	Lead Developer	5	€48,209 EUR
13	IT Manager	11	€47,562 EUR
14	Human Resource Hunter	5	€46,454 EUR
15	Audit Manager	2	€43,222 EUR
16	Engineering Manager	2	€43,129 EUR
17	IT Project Manager	13	€41,744 EUR
18	Logistics Manager	3	€40,543 EUR
19	Manager	7	€39,620 EUR
20	Financial Analyst	4	€38,789 EUR
21	PHP Developer	3	€37,865 EUR
22	Business Development Manager	4	€37,588 EUR
23	Java Developer	5	€37,311 EUR
24	Other Finance Career	9	€35,464 EUR
25	Architect	1	€35,002 EUR
26	Stock Broker	1	€35,002 EUR
27	Project Manager	3	€34,910 EUR
28	Risk Analyst	2	€34,817 EUR
29	Software Developer	18	€34,171 EUR
30	Lawyer	3	€33,986 EUR
31	Secretary	1	€33,709 EUR
32	Sergeant	1	€32,878 EUR
33	Data-warehouse Engineer	5	€32,601 EUR
34	Sales Manager	3	€31,400 EUR
35	IT Coordinator	3	€31,215 EUR
36	Database Administrator	4	€29,923 EUR
37	Research Engineer	1	€29,738 EUR
38	Web Developer	7	€29,553 EUR
39	Other IT Career	9	€28,907 EUR
40	Salesmen or Saleswomen	2	€28,814 EUR
41	Construction Manager	2	€26,136 EUR
42	Lecturer	1	€25,582 EUR
43	Other Education Career	3	€25,212 EUR
44	Lead Administrator	1	€25,120 EUR
45	Accountant	2	€25,028 EUR
46	System Administrator	3	€24,474 EUR
47	Engineer	7	€23,642 EUR
48	Mechanical Engineer	5	€22,442 EUR
49	Business Marketing	2	€20,872 EUR
50	Other Engineer Career	2	€18,840 EUR
51	Technician	2	€18,655 EUR
52	Logistics	3	€18,286 EUR
53	.NET Developer	3	€18,193 EUR
54	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	2	€17,362 EUR
55	Other Public Sector Career	2	€14,869 EUR
56	Logistics Coordinator	1	€14,315 EUR
57	Call Center	2	€11,544 EUR
58	Other Service Career	1	€6,649 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

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	€34,600 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	€38,800 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	€62,400 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	€14,400 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	€33,800 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	€29,800 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	€18,100 EUR

Ops Manager

Posted 27 May 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€25,100 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	€54,400 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	€32,900 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	€32,500 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	€24,500 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	€35,000 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	€25,600 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	€62,800 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	€122,000 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	€22,200 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	€35,000 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	€44,900 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	€49,300 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	€44,900 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	€40,400 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	€56,100 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	€72,900 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	€56,100 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	€53,400 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	€33,400 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	€33,400 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	€66,800 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	€46,800 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	€67,900 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	€112,000 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	€54,800 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	€27,400 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	€52,100 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	€31,600 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	€6,700 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	€97,400 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	€55,800 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	€22,300 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	€32,200 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	€21,300 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	€101,400 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	€32,900 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	€30,400 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	€44,600 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	€21,400 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	€158,800 EUR

Product Owner

Posted 19 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Analysis, Project Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	€32,600 EUR

Test Developer

Posted 17 January 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop SW in C# for testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Tallinn	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	€27,400 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)