Ask HN: How much do you make in Finland?

[wannabefinn]

I live in Portland, Oregon and have about 3 years of experience in full stack web. I'm thinking about moving to Helsinki, Finland to work for a start up, but have no idea what salary to ask for.

[seikatsu]

This shoud be helpful: https://teleport.org/compare/portland-or-and-helsinki/

For salary distribution comparison deep dive: https://teleport.org/salaries/

And Helsinki salaries: https://teleport.org/cities/helsinki/salaries/

[wannabefinn]

Those look like excellent resources. Thank you!

[dotti]

I make about 3400 €/mo with 8 years of work experience as a software engineer, though, not in that area where living expenses are more expensive.

What I have heard over the years is that, you should not accept anything under 2000 €/mo, someone how just graduated can ask for 2500 €/mo and 3500 €/mo is comfortable income to live around Helsinki area

[airbreather]

More to the point, how many Big Macs or pints of beer can you buy with a weeks pay.

[wannabefinn]

yes, lattes and pints of beer were my first concerns ;)