What employers must pay in Finland: the collective agreement floor in 2026
Finland has no minimum wage law. The floor is set by the sector’s collective agreement (työehtosopimus, TES), and once that agreement is confirmed as generally binding, every employer in the sector has to follow it — including the ones that belong to no federation at all.
Full time, that floor is 1,903 € a month in hospitality and 2,027 € in cleaning and property services. But the same job title can be worth two different amounts, and the gap runs to 237 € a month. Below are the complete tables in force, and what decides which row you are on.
- 1,903 €
- hospitality floor, full time
- 2,027 €
- cleaning floor, above the trainee rate
- 5.5 %
- the alcohol strength that sets your group
- 17–69
- the points that set your group in cleaning
No minimum wage, and yet a minimum
Finland is one of the few EU countries with no statutory minimum wage. Something else does the job instead: the sector’s union and the employers’ federation sign a collective agreement, and a board at the ministry confirms whether it is generally binding (yleissitova). Once it is, the agreement’s table becomes the floor for the whole sector, not only for the members of the organisations that signed it.
The practical consequence is short: "we are a small company and we are not in any federation" changes nothing. If the sector’s agreement is generally binding, paying below the table is not allowed. Paying above it is allowed and common.
This article covers two agreements: matkailu-, ravintola- ja vapaa-ajan palvelut (hospitality, hotels and leisure) and kiinteistöpalveluala (cleaning and property services). Both run from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028 and both are confirmed as generally binding. The tables in force took effect on 1 June 2026 in hospitality and 1 August 2026 in cleaning.
Hospitality: your group depends on what is poured
Here the job title sets the group — but not on its own. The deciding factor is the strength of the alcohol served on the premises, and the threshold is 5.5 % by volume. In cafés, fast food and restaurants that pour nothing stronger, a cook and a waiter sit in group 2. On fully licensed premises the same jobs sit in group 4.
| Group | Who belongs here | under 2 y | over 2 y | over 5 y | over 10 y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assistant worker, bellhop | 1,903 | 1,953 | 2,001 | 2,053 |
| 2 | Waiter, cashier, sales assistant, cook, cleaner — where nothing above 5.5 % is served | 1,942 | 1,989 | 2,062 | 2,160 |
| 3 | Staff canteen cook, room attendant, preparation kitchen cook, baker | 2,063 | 2,124 | 2,184 | 2,279 |
| 4 | Waiter, cook, cold kitchen, porter, door supervisor — where drinks above 5.5 % are served | 2,179 | 2,239 | 2,307 | 2,392 |
| 5 | Hotel receptionist, concierge, porter, physiotherapist | 2,275 | 2,326 | 2,384 | 2,453 |
The tiers inside a group count years in the sector, not years with this employer. Moving from one restaurant to another does not reset them.
Cleaning and property services: the work is scored, not the title
The second agreement is built differently, and that is worth understanding before you look for yourself in the table. There is no list of job titles here. The group is attached neither to the word "cleaner" nor to the word "caretaker" — what is assessed is the particular job.
The assessment runs on three sets of factors: the skill and interaction the work demands, the responsibility it carries, and the conditions it is done in. The total falls between 17 and 69 points and picks the group. The agreement says it plainly: what is assessed is the work tasks, not the worker and not how well they perform.
| Group | Points | € per month | € per hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trainee | 1,824 | 11.33 |
| 2 | 17–20 | 2,027 | 12.59 |
| 3 | 21–24 | 2,128 | 13.22 |
| 4 | 25–28 | 2,235 | 13.88 |
| 5 | 29–33 | 2,347 | 14.58 |
| 6 | 34–38 | 2,463 | 15.30 |
| 7 | 39–44 | 2,563 | 15.92 |
| 8 | 45–51 | 2,665 | 16.55 |
| 9 | 52–58 | 2,772 | 17.22 |
| 10 | 59–69 | 2,882 | 17.90 |
It also follows that comparing sectors by job title is meaningless. A cleaner in group 2 of the property services agreement earns 2,027 €, while a cook in group 2 of the hospitality agreement earns 1,942 €. The same group number in two agreements means two entirely different things.
Evening, night and Sunday
The table rate is the base. Supplements for awkward hours come on top, and each agreement sets its own.
| Supplement | Hospitality | Cleaning and property services |
|---|---|---|
| Evening | 1.40 (18:00–24:00) | 0.73 (18:00–23:00) |
| Night | 2.37 (24:00–06:00) | 1.36 (23:00–06:00) |
| Sunday | paid at double rate | paid at double rate |
Hospitality adds one more rule: on Sundays and public holidays the evening and night supplements themselves are paid double. The property services agreement has no such provision.
Why the hourly rate is not the monthly one divided by 160
Both tables print the hourly rate separately, and it does not come from a round number of hours. Hospitality divides the monthly rate by 159, cleaning by 161. It checks out easily: 2,063 ÷ 12.97 gives 159.0, and 2,563 ÷ 15.92 gives 161.0. So for part-time work the honest calculation uses the hourly rate from the agreement rather than the monthly one divided by an assumed norm — the two give different answers.
Where to read the source
Every figure here comes from the agreements themselves and was checked twice. If you need to point an employer at a source, point at these rather than at this article.
- Finlex, the section on generally binding collective agreements — the official register, holding the confirmed text of both agreements.
- PAM publishes the wage tables as separate files by effective date, along with pocket editions describing the groups and the supplements.
- Kiinteistötyönantajat publishes the full property services agreement together with all four tables up to 2027.
- Työaikalaki 872/2019 on Finlex, for the Sunday rule.
When the figures change
Both tables hold until 1 July 2027, when the next ones take effect — they are written into the agreements in advance. The agreements themselves run to 31 March 2028. The next change is therefore known and dated rather than subject to negotiation.
The minimum is gross, before tax. What reaches your account depends on your municipality, church tax and the percentage on your tax card, which the net salary calculator works out. And if you are only now getting into hospitality, the practice exams for the hygiene passport and the alcohol serving passport come first — no kitchen without the one, no bar without the other.
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FAQ
Does this only apply to union members?
No. Both agreements are confirmed as generally binding, which means every employer in the sector has to follow them — whether or not the company is in an employers’ federation and whether or not you are in a union. Membership matters for other things: the unemployment fund, and who represents you in a dispute.
I work in a restaurant that only serves 4.7 % beer. Which group am I in?
Group 2. The threshold in the agreement is 5.5 % by volume, and 4.7 % beer does not cross it. Group 4 starts where the premises serve drinks stronger than 5.5 %, meaning wines and spirits.
Why do my colleague and I get different amounts for the same job title?
In hospitality it is usually two premises of the same chain with different licences, or different years in the sector. In cleaning and property services the reason is different: the group comes from points scored against the particular job, not from the title, so two sites give two groups with identical wording in the contract.
Do the tiers count years with this employer or years in the sector?
Years in the sector. The tiers in the hospitality table are tied to experience in the industry, so moving to another restaurant does not reset what you have built up.
I am registered as self-employed and work on a service contract. Do the tables apply to me?
No. A collective agreement governs employment. If the relationship is set up as self-employment, the table minimum does not apply to it — though it is worth looking honestly at whether the work really is organised as a business of your own, rather than as ordinary work under someone else’s direction and schedule.
Is this what I take home?
No, these are gross figures, before tax and social contributions. The gap depends on your municipal tax rate, church tax and the percentage on your tax card. Put the table figure into the net salary calculator to see what is left.
What if I am paid less than the table?
Start by confirming your group and which table is currently in force: the effective dates are above and the tables themselves are published openly. From there it is a conversation with the employer, and if that does not resolve it, with the union that is a party to the agreement — for both sectors that is PAM.