Salaries in Iceland - Paylab.com

The salary range of employees working in Iceland is, by default, in the range of 292.00 USD (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 970.00 USD (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

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Gross salary in Iceland is

80% of people earn:

292 - 970 USD

10% earn less lthan 292 USD

10% earns more than 970 USD

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Distribution of employees in Iceland into salary brackets in USD.

Average salary and range in Iceland by age in USD.

<24

Average 435

Median 2,871

25-34

Average 585

Median 2,871

35-44

Average 657

Median 2,871

45-54

Average 618

Median 2,871

55+

Average 569

Median 2,871

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

Men

655 USD

538 USD

Women

In general, in Iceland, men earn 21.8% more than women.

The best paid positions in Iceland

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

1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

1,736.00 USD

2. IT Director Top Management

1,612.00 USD

3. Leasing Director Leasing

1,514.00 USD

4. Plant manager Top Management

1,384.00 USD

5. Country Manager/Director Top Management

1,374.00 USD

6. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

1,338.00 USD

7. IT Architect Information Technology

1,330.00 USD

8. Lead developer Information Technology

1,288.00 USD

9. Managing Director Top Management

1,287.00 USD

10. Head of product development Management

1,254.00 USD

11. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

1,252.00 USD

12. Sales Director Top Management

1,212.00 USD

13. Technical Director Top Management

1,172.00 USD

14. IT Manager Management

1,161.00 USD

15. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

1,144.00 USD

16. Marketing Director Top Management

1,139.00 USD

17. Publishing House Director Top Management

1,137.00 USD

18. IC Design Engineer Information Technology

1,125.00 USD

19. Logistics Director Top Management

1,117.00 USD

20. Network Strategy Specialist Telecommunications

1,075.00 USD

The worst paid positions in Iceland

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

1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

249.00 USD

2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

276.00 USD

3. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

283.00 USD

4. Porter, Information Staff General labour

286.00 USD

5. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

296.00 USD

6. Cleaner General labour

299.00 USD

7. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

301.00 USD

8. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research

308.00 USD

9. Packer Production

310.00 USD

10. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

311.00 USD

11. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

312.00 USD

12. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

313.00 USD

13. General Labourer General labour

314.00 USD

14. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

315.00 USD

15. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

318.00 USD

16. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy

318.00 USD

17. Chambermaid Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business

319.00 USD

18. Cashier Banking

321.00 USD

19. Florist Service Industries

322.00 USD

20. Caregiver Medicine & Social Care

322.00 USD

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Baker
Agriculture, Food Industry

Age group

35-44

Work experience:

over 10 years

Region

Iceland

Education:

Follow-up/Higher Professional Education

Basic gross monthly salary

2,871 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

351,000 ISK

Anually salary

34,452 USD

Anually salary

4,212,000 ISK

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Frequently asked Questions

Frequently asked questions and answers about the salary level in $country.

The total gross average salary for job positions in the country based on Paylab.com data in Iceland is 597 USD.

The best-paid positions in the country Iceland are Chief Executive Officer, IT Director, Leasing Director, Plant manager, Country Manager/Director.

The worst-paid positions in the country Iceland are Nursery School Teacher Assistant, Social counselor, Tailor, Porter, Information Staff, Seamstress.

When we add up the average salary of all women and the average salary of all men in the country Iceland, regardless of the work they do, women earn 17.86% less than men.

Salaries in Iceland - Paylab.com

Distribution of employees in Iceland into salary brackets in USD.

Average salary and range in Iceland by age in USD.

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

The best paid positions in Iceland

The worst paid positions in Iceland

Salaries in selected countries

The newest profiles in the salary survey

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