Finland's median income nudges above €3,500

The top-earning 10 percent of workers in Finland made at least 5,972 euros per month last year, according to Statistics Finland's figures.

People on the street.
There is a significant difference between men's and women's earnings at the top end of the scale. Image: Henrietta Hassinen / Yle
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The median gross income of people earning full-time wages in Finland was 3,564 euros per month last year, according to Statistics Finland.

A median figure is the middle number in a series of numbers, so half of all wage-earners made more than the median and half made less.

The top-earning 10 percent of workers made at least 5,972 euros per month, according to the figures.

Among women, the top-earning decile were those who made 5,220 euros or more, while among men the top earning ten percent were those who made more than 6,586 euros.

Those who earned less than 2,483 per month were in the bottom ten percent of wage-earners.

EDIT 11:40: Clarified that figures relate to gross salary.

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