Finland
How much home does a salary buy in Helsinki?
In Helsinki, the average net yearly salary buys 7.0 m² of apartment. A 60 m² flat costs 8.5 full years of salary, rank 21 of 53 in Europe.
Price per m²€5,32813mx -- Prices per square meter of old dwellings in housing companies and numbers of transactions by municipality, yearly - Statistics Finland · mean, transaction prices, 2024 (calendar year, final)
Average net wage€3,130Statistics Finland, Structure of earnings, 15b2 - earnings of full-time employees by region · mean, region, 2024
Years of pay for 60 m²8.5
m² per year of pay7.0 m²
B Data quality: Official, one limitation · Price and wage: 2024 This is the latest year for which an official price and wage from the same year both exist. · Rank in Europe: 21 of 53
Prices and wages in Helsinki, 2021–2026
Price and wage are from the same year. Empty cells mean the official figure is not published (yet).
| Year | Price €/m² | Net wage €/month | Years of pay for 60 m² |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021. | €5,972 | €2,849 | 10.5 |
| 2022. | €5,993 | €2,939 | 10.2 |
| 2023. | €5,543 | €3,031 | 9.1 |
| 2024. | €5,328 | €3,130 | 8.5 |
| 2025. | €5,225 | – | – |
| 2026. | €5,009 (part of the year) | – | – |
Years of salary for 60 m² in Helsinki, by job
Job wages are estimates: the local average net wage × the job's pay ratio in that country (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, broad occupation groups). Nurse = health associate professionals.
| City average | €3,130 | 8.5 salaries |
| Nurse | €2,789 | 9.6 salaries |
| Teacher | €3,534 | 7.5 salaries |
| IT specialist | €4,194 | 6.4 salaries |
| Shop worker | €2,297 | 11.6 salaries |
| Builder | €2,920 | 9.1 salaries |
Other cities
| Frankfurt Germany | 18 of 53 | 7.9 salaries |
| Thessaloniki Greece | 19 of 53 | 8.0 salaries |
| Valencia Spain | 20 of 53 | 8.1 salaries |
| Krakow Poland | 22 of 53 | 8.5 salaries |
| Vilnius Lithuania | 23 of 53 | 8.6 salaries |
| Milan Italy | 24 of 53 | 8.7 salaries |