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Salaries in Iceland

The salary range of employees working in Iceland is, by default, in the range of 433,056 ISK (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 1,416,300 ISK (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

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Gross salary in Iceland is
80% of people earn:
433K - 1.4M ISK
10% earn less lthan 433K ISK
10% earns more than 1.4M ISK
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Salary ranges

Distribution of employees in Iceland into salary brackets in ISK.

Salaries by age group

Average salary and range in Iceland by age in ISK.

<24
 
 
Average 642K
median 4.2M
25-34
 
 
Average 862K
median 4.2M
35-44
 
 
Average 975K
median 4.2M
45-54
 
 
Average 920K
median 4.2M
55+
 
 
Average 849K
median 4.2M

Salaries by gender

Comparison of the average salary of men and women in Iceland (ISK).

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Men
968,952 ISK
777,084 ISK
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Women
In general, in Iceland, men earn 24.7% more than women.

The best paid positions in Iceland

List of the best paid positions and their average monthly salary in Iceland (ISK).

1. Design associate Journalism, Printing Arts & Media
50,544,000 ISK
2. Mining Manager Water Management, Forestry, Environment
50,544,000 ISK
3. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care
50,544,000 ISK
4. Technical Staff Telecommunications
50,544,000 ISK
5. Varnisher Production
50,544,000 ISK
6. Miner Mining, Metallurgy
50,544,000 ISK
7. Mining Technician Mining, Metallurgy
50,544,000 ISK
8. Activity Instructor Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business
50,544,000 ISK
9. Upholsterer Wood Processing Industry
50,544,000 ISK
10. Risk Manager Leasing
50,544,000 ISK
11. Claims Administrator Leasing
50,544,000 ISK
12. Promotional Assistant Marketing, Advertising, PR
50,544,000 ISK
13. Promotional Assistant Commerce
50,544,000 ISK
14. Food Technician Agriculture, Food Industry
50,544,000 ISK
15. Cobbler Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry
50,544,000 ISK
16. Technical Manager Technology, Development
50,544,000 ISK
17. Occupational Psychologist Human Resources
50,544,000 ISK
18. DTP Operator Marketing, Advertising, PR
50,544,000 ISK
19. Security Service Director Security & Protection
50,544,000 ISK
20. Agricultural Specialist Agriculture, Food Industry
50,544,000 ISK

The worst paid positions in Iceland

List of the worst-paid positions and their average monthly salary in Iceland (ISK)

1. Teacher Education, Science & Research
50,544,000 ISK
2. Retail Store Manager Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business
50,544,000 ISK
3. Retail Store Manager Commerce
50,544,000 ISK
4. Accountant Economy, Finance, Accountancy
50,544,000 ISK
5. Cleaner General labour
50,544,000 ISK
6. Sales Office Manager Management
50,544,000 ISK
7. Technician Electrical & Power Engineering
50,544,000 ISK
8. Business Group Manager Management
50,544,000 ISK
9. Sales Office Manager Transport, Haulage, Logistics
50,544,000 ISK
10. Technician Mechanical Engineering
50,544,000 ISK
11. Technologist Production
50,544,000 ISK
12. Technician Telecommunications
50,544,000 ISK
13. Technologist Car Industry
50,544,000 ISK
14. Petroleum engineer Mining, Metallurgy
50,544,000 ISK
15. Brand Manager Management
50,544,000 ISK
16. Technologist Electrical & Power Engineering
50,544,000 ISK
17. Technologist Chemical Industry
50,544,000 ISK
18. ESG manager Management
50,544,000 ISK
19. IT Network Administrator Information Technology
50,544,000 ISK
20. IT System Administrator Information Technology
50,544,000 ISK

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

LithuaniaLithuania
3,407,249 ISK (net)
EstoniaEstonia
3,387,215 ISK (net)
MacedoniaMacedonia
1,229,845 ISK (net)
BulgariaBulgaria
2,444,788 ISK (net)

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