Salary data for country: Iceland

Salaries in Iceland

The salary range of employees working in Iceland is, by default, in the range of 36,741.00 ISK (low salaries, employees' actual wages may be even lower) to 117,903.00 ISK (high salaries, actual salaries can be even higher).

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Gross salary in Iceland is

80% of people earn:

37K - 118K ISK

10% earn less lthan 37K ISK

10% earns more than 118K 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 53K

median 351K

25-34

Average 71K

median 351K

35-44

Average 82K

median 351K

45-54

Average 76K

median 351K

55+

Average 70K

median 351K

Salaries by gender

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

Men

80,253 ISK

64,334 ISK

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

2. Mining Manager Water Management, Forestry, Environment

3. Pre-school/School/ Kindergarder nurse Medicine & Social Care

4. Technical Staff Telecommunications

5. Varnisher Production

6. Miner Mining, Metallurgy

7. Mining Technician Mining, Metallurgy

8. Activity Instructor Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business

9. Upholsterer Wood Processing Industry

10. Risk Manager Leasing

11. Claims Administrator Leasing

12. Promotional Assistant Marketing, Advertising, PR

13. Promotional Assistant Commerce

14. Food Technician Agriculture, Food Industry

15. Cobbler Textile, Leather, Apparel Industry

16. Technical Manager Technology, Development

17. DTP Operator Marketing, Advertising, PR

18. Occupational Psychologist Human Resources

19. Security Service Director Security & Protection

20. Agricultural Specialist Agriculture, Food Industry

The worst paid positions in Iceland

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

1. Retail Store Manager Tourism, Gastronomy, Hotel Business

2. Sales Office Manager Management

3. Teacher Education, Science & Research

4. Cleaner General labour

5. Business Group Manager Management

6. Retail Store Manager Commerce

7. Accountant Economy, Finance, Accountancy

8. Sales Office Manager Transport, Haulage, Logistics

9. Technologist Car Industry

10. Technologist Mechanical Engineering

11. Technician Electrical & Power Engineering

12. Technician Telecommunications

13. Technologist Electrical & Power Engineering

14. Technician Mechanical Engineering

15. Technologist Chemical Industry

16. Technologist Production

17. Systems Administrator Information Technology

18. Civil Engineer Construction & Real Estate

19. Petroleum engineer Mining, Metallurgy

20. IT System Administrator Information Technology

Salaries in selected countries

Total average salary in randomly selected countries.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

125,621 ISK (net)

Slovak Republic

Slovak Republic

273,816 ISK (gross)

Croatia

191,337 ISK (net)

Lithuania

276,763 ISK (net)

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