Country Overview

Wages and Prices in Finland

Finland offers a Northern European reference with a strong common-year wage and a below-benchmark price profile, kept transparent through separate data labels.

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Wage history

How Wages Have Changed in Finland

Explore Finland’s PPP-adjusted annual wage history using a reported range rather than a filled-in series.

PPP-adjusted annual wage (USD)2000–2025 · touch or hover points for the selected range

Price levels

Price Levels in Finland

Compare everyday price levels using the United States benchmark of 100.

Overall

83.80Below U.S.16.2% below U.S.

Food

93.10Below U.S.6.9% below U.S.

Clothing

109.00Above U.S.9.0% above U.S.

Housing

70.70Below U.S.29.3% below U.S.

Health

75.40Below U.S.24.6% below U.S.

Transport

117.00Above U.S.17.0% above U.S.

Recreation

101.00Near U.S.1.0% above U.S.

Restaurants

103.00Above U.S.3.0% above U.S.

How to Read This View

Use 100 as the reference

The United States is fixed at 100 for every category. A value of 83.8 means that Finland’s price level is about 16.2% below the U.S. benchmark, while a value of 117 means it is approximately 17% higher.

Compare categories, not household bills

Each row represents a separate spending category. The values show relative price levels rather than the actual amount a household spends. A higher transport index does not necessarily mean that total living costs are higher by the same amount.

Check the selected year

The year buttons update all displayed categories together. Missing observations are shown as unavailable and are never replaced with values from another year.

Relative context

Finland in Context

See how Finland’s wage and selected price level compare with the OECD median and the United States.

Average Annual Wage

Finland$63,053

OECD Median$60,690

United States$86,977

Selected Price Level

Finland83.80

OECD Median67.25

United States100

Read the placement

Finland’s 2025 PPP-adjusted annual wage is 3.9% above the OECD median. Its 2024 Overall price index of 83.8 is 16.2% below the U.S. benchmark, meaning that it combines a higher wage with a lower price level in this dataset. Wage and price observations refer to separately labelled years and should not be read as a household affordability score.

Country note

Understanding Wages and Prices in Finland

Finland is shown with its current common-year wage and a separate price-year label. The chart exposes the selected historical span without interpolation, while the page avoids converting a measured change into a causal story.

Category detail for Finland is led by Transport at 117.00, ahead of Clothing (109.00) and Restaurants (103.00), while the overall index remains below the United States reference. The category spread is shown as reported, without adjusting any value toward the aggregate.