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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

Gross income

Net (after tax)

0.92 EUR = 1 USD

€38,912 EUR

$42,321 USD

Athens

€42,038 EUR

€20,228 EUR

$22,000 USD

Including "Athens"

Excluding "Athens"

Average Salary / Greece

Average salary in Greece is €38,912 EUR per year. The most typical earning is €20,228 EUR. All data are based on 780 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of €40,548 EUR. Women receive a salary of €33,928 EUR.

The most paid careers are Engineers & Technicians V with average income €69,419 EUR and Management & Business with income €59,213 EUR.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Doctorate Degree with salary of €51,122 EUR. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of €41,743 EUR.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of €61,328 EUR. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive €51,582 EUR.

Levels / Greece (Gross EUR)

Salary Levels (EUR) per Year	Surveys	[%]
€2,800 EUR - €4,599 EUR	0	n/a
€4,600 EUR - €9,199 EUR	20	100% 2.56%
€9,200 EUR - €13,799 EUR	77	97.44% 9.87%
€13,800 EUR - €18,399 EUR	87	87.56% 11.15%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
€18,400 EUR - €22,999 EUR	91	76.41% 11.67%
€23,000 EUR - €27,599 EUR	71	64.74% 9.1%
€27,600 EUR - €32,199 EUR	71	55.64% 9.1%
€32,200 EUR - €36,799 EUR	50	46.54% 6.41%
€36,800 EUR - €41,399 EUR	50	40.13% 6.41%
€41,400 EUR - €45,999 EUR	51	33.72% 6.54%
€46,000 EUR - €50,599 EUR	37	27.18% 4.74%
€50,600 EUR - €55,199 EUR	21	22.44% 2.69%
€55,200 EUR - €59,799 EUR	23	19.74% 2.95%
€59,800 EUR - €64,399 EUR	21	16.79% 2.69%
€64,400 EUR - €68,999 EUR	11	14.1% 1.41%
€69,000 EUR - €73,599 EUR	11	12.69% 1.41%
€73,600 EUR - €78,199 EUR	10	11.28% 1.28%
€78,200 EUR - €82,799 EUR	12	10% 1.54%
€82,800 EUR - €87,299 EUR	6	8.46% 0.77%
€87,300 EUR - €91,899 EUR	10	7.69% 1.28%
€91,900 EUR - €96,499 EUR	6	6.41% 0.77%
€96,500 EUR - €101,099 EUR	8	5.64% 1.03%
€101,100 EUR - €105,699 EUR	6	4.62% 0.77%
€105,700 EUR - €110,299 EUR	2	3.85% 0.26%
€110,300 EUR - €114,899 EUR	6	3.59% 0.77%
€114,900 EUR - €119,499 EUR	6	2.82% 0.77%
€119,500 EUR - €124,099 EUR	1	2.05% 0.13%
€124,100 EUR - €128,699 EUR	4	1.92% 0.51%
€128,700 EUR - €133,299 EUR	1	1.41% 0.13%
€133,300 EUR - €137,899 EUR	0	n/a
HIGH SALARIES
€137,900 EUR - €147,099 EUR	1	1.28% 0.13%
€147,100 EUR - €156,299 EUR	3	1.15% 0.38%
€156,300 EUR - €165,499 EUR	0	n/a
€165,500 EUR - €174,699 EUR	2	0.77% 0.26%
€174,700 EUR - €183,899 EUR	2	0.51% 0.26%
€183,900 EUR - €193,099 EUR	0	n/a
€193,100 EUR - €202,299 EUR	1	0.26% 0.13%
€202,300 EUR - €211,499 EUR	1	0.13% 0.13%
€211,500 EUR - €220,699 EUR	0	n/a
€220,700 EUR - €229,899 EUR	0	n/a
€229,900 EUR - €321,799 EUR	0	n/a

Gender / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	554	€40,548 EUR
2	Women	172	€33,928 EUR

Education / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Doctorate Degree	61	€51,122 EUR
2	Masters Degree	362	€41,743 EUR
3	Bachelors Degree	249	€35,399 EUR
4	Some College	73	€34,480 EUR
5	High School	33	€22,710 EUR
6	Bellow H. School	2	€18,113 EUR

Experience / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	106	€61,328 EUR
2	16-20 Years	90	€51,582 EUR
3	12-16 Years	109	€44,870 EUR
4	8-12 Years	157	€37,974 EUR
5	4-8 Years	134	€29,606 EUR
6	2-4 Years	86	€27,492 EUR
7	0-1 Year	52	€20,963 EUR
8	1-2 Years	46	€20,228 EUR

Age / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	61-65	3	€118,059 EUR
2	56-60	15	€65,006 EUR
3	51-55	42	€61,788 EUR
4	66-70	2	€56,823 EUR
5	46-50	65	€54,984 EUR
6	41-45	97	€50,662 EUR
7	36-40	143	€41,835 EUR
8	n/a	54	€37,422 EUR
9	14-20	4	€34,939 EUR
10	31-35	183	€30,894 EUR
11	26-30	132	€24,365 EUR
12	21-25	40	€20,320 EUR

Work Type / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Self Employed	58	€45,329 EUR
2	Permanent	609	€39,537 EUR
3	Contract	91	€35,491 EUR
4	Part Time	22	€18,665 EUR

Cities / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Athens	576	€42,019 EUR
2	Piraeus	11	€42,019 EUR
3	Peristeri	1	€37,514 EUR
4	Kallithea	2	€35,031 EUR
5	--Other--	40	€32,641 EUR
6	Larissa	17	€30,342 EUR
7	Patras	18	€30,066 EUR
8	Thessaloniki	96	€27,951 EUR
9	Heraklion	19	€27,400 EUR

Career Groups / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Engineers & Technicians V	2	€69,419 EUR
2	Management & Business	90	€59,213 EUR
3	Aviation & Shipping	18	€49,743 EUR
4	Health Care & Medical II	28	€46,249 EUR
5	Automobile	3	€45,605 EUR
6	Finance & Banking	46	€45,145 EUR
7	Logistics, Road, Railway	16	€43,123 EUR
8	Health Care & Medical	18	€41,927 EUR
9	Human Resources	24	€40,456 EUR
10	Law	14	€40,088 EUR
11	IT & Programming	122	€39,996 EUR
12	Engineers & Technicians	65	€38,617 EUR
13	Salesmen & Saleswomen	24	€38,249 EUR
14	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	43	€37,882 EUR
15	Organization & Coordination	5	€37,146 EUR
16	IT & Programming II	47	€35,399 EUR
17	Media	6	€35,307 EUR
18	Insurance	2	€34,755 EUR
19	Architect Constructions	15	€32,917 EUR
20	Making Design	9	€32,457 EUR
21	Construction & Labor Workers	8	€31,537 EUR
22	Public Sector	14	€31,170 EUR
23	Engineers & Technicians IV	17	€30,802 EUR
24	Education & University	31	€28,135 EUR
25	Military	4	€27,492 EUR
26	Agriculture & Fishing	2	€25,837 EUR
27	Accounting & Administration	28	€25,285 EUR
28	Fashion	3	€25,193 EUR
29	Security & Fireguard	2	€24,733 EUR
30	Engineers & Technicians II	4	€24,641 EUR
31	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	€23,446 EUR
32	Hotels & Tourism	23	€22,986 EUR
33	Engineers & Technicians III	1	€22,527 EUR
34	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	12	€22,343 EUR
35	Sports & Recreation	4	€21,147 EUR
36	Properties & Real Estates	1	€19,768 EUR
37	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	8	€19,124 EUR
38	Customer Services	17	€18,757 EUR
39	Geography & Geodesy	1	€12,504 EUR

Careers / Greece (Gross EUR)

#		Surveys
1	Director	15	€97,371 EUR
2	Business Manager	4	€80,269 EUR
3	Finance Manager	9	€74,017 EUR
4	Logistics Manager	4	€68,776 EUR
5	Other Sales Career	5	€68,316 EUR
6	IT Manager	30	€62,891 EUR
7	Engineering Manager	10	€55,627 EUR
8	Doctor Specialist	6	€55,444 EUR
9	Sales Manager	7	€53,788 EUR
10	Business Development Manager	8	€52,133 EUR
11	Manager	22	€51,490 EUR
12	Risk Manager	4	€50,662 EUR
13	IT Project Manager	14	€49,559 EUR
14	Human Resources Manager	9	€49,191 EUR
15	Project Manager	13	€48,088 EUR
16	Other Management Career	5	€46,157 EUR
17	System Analyst	7	€45,145 EUR
18	Lead Developer	4	€45,145 EUR
19	Database Developer	5	€45,054 EUR
20	Lead Salesmen or Saleswomen	5	€44,226 EUR
21	Marketing Manager	4	€44,134 EUR
22	Other Aviation & Shipping Career	14	€43,674 EUR
23	Engineer	18	€43,215 EUR
24	University Professor	6	€42,019 EUR
25	Other Human Resource Career	7	€41,468 EUR
26	.NET Developer	5	€39,169 EUR
27	Doctor	6	€38,893 EUR
28	Architect	11	€36,686 EUR
29	Lawyer	11	€35,123 EUR
30	Other Finance Career	4	€34,939 EUR
31	Software Engineer	9	€34,204 EUR
32	Hotel Manager	4	€33,468 EUR
33	Network Administrator	3	€33,284 EUR
34	Other IT Career	7	€31,813 EUR
35	Restaurant Manager	4	€30,526 EUR
36	Pharmacist	8	€29,790 EUR
37	Financial Analyst	10	€29,331 EUR
38	Salesmen or Saleswomen	6	€28,503 EUR
39	Accountant	4	€27,584 EUR
40	Mechanical Engineer	11	€26,940 EUR
41	Other Public Sector Career	9	€26,572 EUR
42	Electrical Engineer	12	€25,653 EUR
43	Human Resource	5	€25,101 EUR
44	Java Developer	4	€24,733 EUR
45	Sales Representative	6	€24,457 EUR
46	Software Developer	20	€24,365 EUR
47	Other Tourism Career	9	€24,090 EUR
48	Other Education Career	4	€24,090 EUR
49	IT Coordinator	6	€23,998 EUR
50	Marketing	9	€22,710 EUR
51	Civil Engineer	9	€22,527 EUR
52	System Administrator	7	€21,699 EUR
53	Teacher	6	€19,676 EUR
54	Web Developer	12	€19,584 EUR
55	Receptionist	5	€18,205 EUR
56	Call Center	6	€16,826 EUR
57	Customer Consultant	4	€16,826 EUR
58	Junior Accountant	5	€14,711 EUR

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Civil Engineer

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management, civil design."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€22,700 EUR

Business Controlling Manager

Posted 15 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business Controlling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€70,000 EUR

College Administrator

Posted 14 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€30,000 EUR

Business Analyst

Posted 08 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"SQL, Report, Operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€19,800 EUR

Infantry Man

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work hard."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	High School	0-1 Year	Basic	€18,800 EUR

Stores Accounting & Services

Posted 06 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Providing assistance to the stores, invoice registration, supplier balance agreements, inventory corrections."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€14,000 EUR

Business Development Manager

Posted 22 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market Research
Budgeting/forecasting
New market penetration
go-to-market
sales strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Intermediate	€38,900 EUR

General Manager Sales

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sales Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Some College	16-20 Years	Expert	€83,400 EUR

Network Engineer

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"DC, network, security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€22,900 EUR

Program Manager

Posted 17 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Program Manager."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
--Other--	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€39,100 EUR

Data Analyst

Posted 12 March 2022

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Piraeus	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	Intermediate	€16,500 EUR

Head Of Management Systems & Compliance

Posted 11 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"QUALITY MANAGEMENT ISO 9001, QUALITY CONTROL & CE MARKING, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ISO 14001, ENERGY MANAGEMENT ISO 50001, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY ISO 45001."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Larissa	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€20,600 EUR

Service Engineer

Posted 06 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Maintenance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€29,200 EUR

Hr Generalist

Posted 19 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administration
Recruiting
Compensation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€25,700 EUR

Marketing Professor

Posted 16 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Thessaloniki	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€40,600 EUR

Warehouse Employ

Posted 15 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mechanical Knowledge."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Some College	0-1 Year	Basic	€12,100 EUR

Operations Team Lead

Posted 12 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"~Operating/Supervising a fleet of Crude Oil Tankers (Aframax) and Clean Petroleum Tankers (MR) 
~Planning and coordinating vessel voyages per charter party terms
~Liaising with tanker vessels and monitoring vessel’s progress during a voyage
~Arranging bunkers through traders/physical suppliers 
~Analyzing and optimizing vessels’ overall performance
~Overseeing and reviewing voyage income/expenses
~Appointing port agents and approving DAs
~Liaising with Chartering brokers
~Liaising with our P&I Club to take decisions which might be required an assessment for issues such as operational, regulatory, legal and insurance. 
~Developing solid relationships to ensure commercial cooperation
~Liaising with the Technical Management office
~Liaising with the Pool Partners for Voyage Trade Purposes
~Consulting the deployment of the company's software solutions related to Shipping."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€72,100 EUR

Waiter

Posted 12 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Service."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	High School	16-20 Years	Intermediate	€8,200 EUR

Supervisor Of The New Technology Sector In The Piraeus Education Administration

Posted 17 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Administration, Co-ordination between different sections, knowledge on relative legislation, and experience concerning relative portals and programmes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Piraeus	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€32,000 EUR

Qa Software Tester

Posted 11 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software testing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Doctorate Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€21,900 EUR

Workforce Management

Posted 10 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Workforce Management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€16,300 EUR

Data Scientist

Posted 10 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Data Scientist."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Doctorate Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€72,000 EUR

Sound Designer

Posted 09 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Music, sound design, sound engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Thessaloniki	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€41,600 EUR

Telecommunications Engineer

Posted 09 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€19,800 EUR

Business Development Manager

Posted 08 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Defence, Business Development, Contracts Negotiation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	€66,400 EUR

Professor

Posted 05 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Computer science."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Heraklion	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€44,700 EUR

Digital Strategist

Posted 29 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Digital marketing, performance marketing, google ads, tracking codes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	€29,900 EUR

Naval Architect And Marine Engineer

Posted 28 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Drawing review."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€46,200 EUR

Consultant

Posted 16 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Consultant."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	€44,700 EUR

Postdoc

Posted 27 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Deep learning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Thessaloniki	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€32,400 EUR

Hospital Pharmacist

Posted 26 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Director of Hospital Pharmacy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	€44,700 EUR

Software Engineer And Analyst

Posted 26 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"C#, SQL."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€39,700 EUR

Transmission Engineer

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"OPTICAL TRANSMISSION, DWDM."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Some College	16-20 Years	Advanced	€70,300 EUR

Network Administrator

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cisco, networking, design, operation."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€46,900 EUR

Area Yield Manager

Posted 25 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contracts management/ business improvement."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Heraklion	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€59,200 EUR

Software Engineer

Posted 24 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"React, Javascript."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Thessaloniki	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	€40,200 EUR

Hardwarae Engineer

Posted 23 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Plenty."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Patras	Masters Degree	0-1 Year	Advanced	€24,600 EUR

Bar Manager

Posted 19 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Stuff manager, menu and media developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Larissa	High School	4-8 Years	Expert	€9,500 EUR

Aircraft Engineer

Posted 09 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Stress Engineer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Patras	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€22,300 EUR

Brand Manager

Posted 05 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mathematics."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€33,500 EUR

Hr Project Manager

Posted 01 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hr projects."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	High School	16-20 Years	Intermediate	€42,800 EUR

Safety Manager

Posted 01 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"PHARMACEUTICALS."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	€48,200 EUR

Legal Advisor

Posted 13 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contracts, trademarks."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	€26,800 EUR

Executive

Posted 08 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"CRM, data analysis, customer experience, campaigns."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Expert	€44,700 EUR

Area Export Manager

Posted 05 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"New Business Development
Exports
New product development
Sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	€39,100 EUR

University Professor

Posted 04 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Teaching and research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Doctorate Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	€55,800 EUR

Mobile Developer

Posted 02 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Flutter, mobile."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Intermediate	€50,000 EUR

Cybersecurity Architect

Posted 30 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Information Security, Network Security."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	€39,100 EUR

Senior Software Engineer

Posted 30 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java Angular Typescript Scrum master."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	€52,500 EUR

Supervisor

Posted 29 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Planning and executing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Athens	Some College	12-16 Years	Advanced	€41,400 EUR

ECONOMY / Greece

Greece's economy ranked as 32nd largest in the world by its GDP in year 2010, according to the World Bank.

Service sector counts around 79% of GDP, industry around 18%, and agriculture around 3% of GDP. The main industry in Greece are tourism, textiles, food processing, metal products, and mining.

After 15 years of economic growth, in 2009 Greece fall into recession. Industrial production decrease for 8% between 2010 and 2011. Between 2008 and 2011 unemployment drastically rose from around 7% in 2008 to more than 18% at the end of 2011.

The largest companies in Greece are:

Alpha Bank (Banks)
Agricultural Bank of Greece S.A. (Banks)
Viohalko Hellenic Copper and Aluminium Industry S.A. (Industrial services and goods)
Bank of Cyprus Public Company ltd (Banks)
Coca Cola hbc (Beverage)
Ellaktor S.A. (Construction)
Hellenic Petroleum S.A. (Oil and Gas)
National Bank of Greece S.A. (Banks)
EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A. (Banks)
Hellenic Telecom. Org (Telecommunications)
Intralot S.A. (Travel and Leisure)