Salaries in Iceland - Paylab.com

The salary range of employees working in Iceland is, by default, in the range of 36,048.00 ISK (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 118,083.00 ISK (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

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Gross salary in Iceland is

80% of people earn:

36K - 118K ISK

10% earn less lthan 36K ISK

10% earns more than 118K ISK

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Distribution of employees in Iceland into salary brackets in ISK.

Average salary and range in Iceland by age in ISK.

<24

Average 53K

Median 351K

25-34

Average 71K

Median 351K

35-44

Average 81K

Median 351K

45-54

Average 76K

Median 351K

55+

Average 71K

Median 351K

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

Men

77,972 ISK

63,808 ISK

Women

In general, in Iceland, men earn 22.2% more than women.

The best paid positions in Iceland

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

1. Chief Executive Officer Top Management

212,269.00 ISK

2. IT Director Top Management

197,078.00 ISK

3. Leasing Director Leasing

185,079.00 ISK

4. Plant manager Top Management

169,214.00 ISK

5. Country Manager/Director Top Management

168,017.00 ISK

6. Pilot Transport, Haulage, Logistics

163,622.00 ISK

7. IT Architect Information Technology

162,673.00 ISK

8. Lead developer Information Technology

157,476.00 ISK

9. Managing Director Top Management

157,352.00 ISK

10. Head of product development Management

153,300.00 ISK

11. Economic/Financial Manager Top Management

153,118.00 ISK

12. Sales Director Top Management

148,226.00 ISK

13. Technical Director Top Management

143,314.00 ISK

14. IT Manager Management

141,963.00 ISK

15. Medical Advisor Pharmaceutical Industry

139,868.00 ISK

16. Marketing Director Top Management

139,291.00 ISK

17. Publishing House Director Top Management

139,104.00 ISK

18. IC Design Engineer Information Technology

137,579.00 ISK

19. Logistics Director Top Management

136,546.00 ISK

20. Network Strategy Specialist Telecommunications

131,499.00 ISK

The worst paid positions in Iceland

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

1. Nursery School Teacher Assistant Education, Science & Research

30,506.00 ISK

2. Social counselor Medicine & Social Care

33,857.00 ISK

3. Tailor Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

34,602.00 ISK

4. Porter, Information Staff General labour

34,974.00 ISK

5. Seamstress Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

36,200.00 ISK

6. Cleaner General labour

36,660.00 ISK

7. Postal worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

36,901.00 ISK

8. Assistant Teacher Education, Science & Research

37,682.00 ISK

9. Packer Production

37,916.00 ISK

10. Postal Delivery Worker Transport, Haulage, Logistics

38,120.00 ISK

11. Kinetotherapist Medicine & Social Care

38,149.00 ISK

12. Medical Orderly Medicine & Social Care

38,339.00 ISK

13. General Labourer General labour

38,478.00 ISK

14. School Caretaker Education, Science & Research

38,536.00 ISK

15. Fabric Cutter Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

38,881.00 ISK

16. Cashier Economy, Finance, Accountancy

38,952.00 ISK

17. Chambermaid Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business

39,106.00 ISK

18. Cashier Banking

39,288.00 ISK

19. Caregiver Medicine & Social Care

39,376.00 ISK

20. Florist Service Industries

39,441.00 ISK

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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

2,748 USD

Basic gross monthly salary

351,000 ISK

Anually salary

32,976 USD

Anually salary

4,212,000 ISK

Posted: 2025-11-05 23:40:52

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Frequently asked Questions

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The total gross average salary for job positions in the country based on Paylab.com data in Iceland is 73,000 ISK.

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 18.17% less than men.

Salaries in Iceland - Paylab.com

Distribution of employees in Iceland into salary brackets in ISK.

Average salary and range in Iceland by age in ISK.

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

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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