# Chemical Engineering jobs in Finland for international graduates

Chemical Engineering jobs in Finland: typical pay €60,300, 46 open vacancies on average, +25.6% job growth to 2035, Permit to look for work 24 months.

Page: https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/finland/chemical-engineering

## Job market at a glance

The jobs **Chemical Engineering** leads to, added together. Each label compares Chemical Engineering with the other Finnish fields.

- **Open vacancies vs last year**: -30.9% (Weak)
- **Open vacancies**: 46 (Moderate)
- **Average pay (calculated)**: €60,300 (Strong)
- **Growth to 2035 (Cedefop)**: +25.6% (Strong)
- **Change since 2023**: +8% (Strong)
- **People in these jobs**: 8,144 (Moderate)
- **Jobs on the EU shortage report (2025)**: 27% (Weak)

People in these jobs: employees and entrepreneurs at the end of the year (Statistics Finland). Yearly pay is calculated by UNIFER from Statistics Finland's median full-time monthly earnings for regular working hours × 12 (overtime and holiday bonus not included). Statistics Finland publishes no lower-quartile pay, so no entry-level figure is shown.

## Jobs this degree leads to

The jobs **Chemical Engineering** courses most often lead to in Finland, and how each one is doing.

| Job | Share | Average pay | Growth to 2035 | Open vacancies vs last year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Chemical engineers | 31% | €62,928 | +25.6% | 2 -100% |
| 2. Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified | 29% | €60,000 | +25.6% | 78 -6.6% |
| 3. Industrial and production engineers | 27% | €60,624 | +25.6% | 76 -45.3% |
| 4. Environmental protection professionals | 13% | €54,300 | +25.6% | 15 -41.2% |

Share: how common each job is among Chemical Engineering destinations. Open vacancies: jobs reported to Finland's public employment service and still open at the end of each month, averaged over the last 12 months (vacancies peak every January), against the 12 months before (KEHA Centre). Swipe the table sideways for more.

## What graduates like you earned

What **young master's-degree holders in Engineering, manufacturing and construction** earn in Finland, working full time. Finland publishes no pay for recent graduates by field, and this is the whole broad field, not only Chemical Engineering.

- **Master's-degree holders aged 25–29 median, full time, 2024**: €48,000
- **All ages same degree level and field**: €66,000
- **Master's graduates in work 1 year after graduating (graduated 2023, status at the end of 2024), same broad field**: 90%

Foreign-born tertiary graduates working in Finland earned **79.8%** of what Finnish-born graduates earned (2018, full- and part-time workers together). Pay: Statistics Finland's median full-time monthly earnings for regular working hours × 12, calculated by UNIFER; overtime and holiday bonus not included, as in the jobs table. In work (Statistics Finland): graduates with a university master's degree who were employed at the end of the year after graduating, working students included.

## Staying to work after you graduate

How international students stay to work in Finland after studying **Chemical Engineering**.

1 Finish your course

A master's or a PhD from a Finnish university.

2 Permit to look for work up to 2 years

to look for a job or start a business in Finland. You can work without restrictions while you look, and use the permit in parts. Apply within 5 years of your student permit ending.

3 Work permit

**Degree completed in Finland:** with a Finnish degree you can get a residence permit for any job, with no salary minimum and no labour-market test. You only need enough income to live on: at least **€1,210** a month after tax in the Helsinki area (less elsewhere).

**Specialist permit or EU Blue Card:** for expert jobs paying at least **€47,244** a year (€3,937 a month). These are faster routes, not required for Finnish graduates.

Amounts are Migri's figures for 2026; yearly = monthly × 12.

- **Typical pay in Chemical Engineering jobs vs the specialist / Blue Card salary**: €60,300 typical pay minimum **€47,244**
- **Chemical Engineering jobs on the EU shortage report for Finland (2025)**: 27%

In 2025, **2,338** non-EU students in Finland switched from a study permit to a work permit, **157** of them Indian citizens.

Graduates living in Finland who are citizens of non-EU countries: **72.6%** in work, against 89.2% of Finnish graduates (ages 25–64, 2025).

## Chemical Engineering in other countries

Typical pay for the same jobs (in US dollars in brackets, at October 2026 exchange rates), projected growth, and post-study work after a master's.

- [Finland €60,300 ($67,500) Growth +25.6% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/finland/chemical-engineering)
- [Sweden SEK 625,000 ($62,800) Growth +40.3% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/sweden/chemical-engineering)
- [Denmark DKK 820,000 ($122,800) Growth +25.4% (2022–35) · Job-seeking permit 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/denmark/chemical-engineering)
- [United Kingdom £47,300 ($63,200) Growth +11.2% (2025–35) · Graduate visa 18 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/uk/chemical-engineering)
- [United States $131,300 Growth +4.9% (2025–35) · OPT 12 months, 36 with the STEM extension](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/us/chemical-engineering)
- [Canada CA$107,600 ($76,900) Growth +9.8% (2023–33) · PGWP up to 36 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/canada/chemical-engineering)

- [Australia AU$140,800 ($98,900) Growth +21.1% (2025–35) · 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/australia/chemical-engineering)
- [Ireland €49,100 ($55,000) Growth +5.1% (2025–28) · Stamp 1G 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/ireland/chemical-engineering)
- [Germany €83,900 ($93,900) Growth +2% (2023–40) · 18 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/germany/chemical-engineering)
- [Netherlands €64,600 ($72,300) Growth +5.1% (2025–30) · Orientation year 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/netherlands/chemical-engineering)
- [France €52,600 net ($58,900) Growth +32.3% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/france/chemical-engineering)
- [Poland PLN 115,400 ($29,400) Growth +33.9% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 9 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/poland/chemical-engineering)
- [Spain €41,900 ($46,900) Growth +29.1% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 24 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/spain/chemical-engineering)
- [Italy €24,700 net ($27,600) Growth +36.6% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work up to 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/italy/chemical-engineering)
- [Belgium €64,900 ($72,600) Growth +17.6% (2022–35) · Search year 12 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/belgium/chemical-engineering)
- [Switzerland CHF 104,800 ($127,100) Job search 6 months](https://uniferedu.com/job-market-research/switzerland/chemical-engineering)

## Finnish universities teaching Chemical Engineering

3 Finnish universities offer 4 postgraduate courses in Chemical Engineering. The highest ranked:

- [Aalto University QS #126 · 2 courses](https://uniferedu.com/universities/aalto-university)
- [LUT University QS #390 · 1 course](https://uniferedu.com/universities/lut-university)
- [Abo Akademi University QS #670 · 1 course](https://uniferedu.com/universities/abo-akademi-university)

[See all 4 courses in the Course Explorer →](https://uniferedu.com/explore?country=FI&sub_field=Chemical%20Engineering)

## Questions students ask

### How much do Chemical Engineering graduates earn in Finland?

Master's-degree holders aged 25–29 in Engineering, manufacturing and construction earn a median €48,000 a year in Finland (full time), and €66,000 across all ages. 90% of university master's graduates in Engineering, manufacturing and construction were in work one year after graduating (status at the end of 2024). Across all workers in these jobs, typical pay is €60,300.

### Is Chemical Engineering in demand in Finland?

Employers posted about 46 open vacancies on average for these jobs between September 2025 and August 2026, 30.9% fewer than a year earlier. Employment in these jobs is projected to grow 25.6% from 2022 to 2035.

### Can I stay and work in Finland after a Chemical Engineering master's?

Yes, for up to 24 months on a permit to look for work, free to work while you look. With a Finnish degree you can then get a residence permit for any job, with no salary minimum, as long as you have enough income to live on.

## Where these numbers come from

Every figure comes from an official Finnish source. Tap a source tag next to any number for its details.

- [Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, Finland, 2022–2035](https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/tools/skills-intelligence/future-employment-growth)
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) · Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses — occupations in shortage, Finland](https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en)
European Labour Authority (ELA) / EURES National Coordination Office · European Labour Authority / EURES: reuse with acknowledgement of the source · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Change of immigration status permits, education to employment, Finland (migr_reschange)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_reschange/default/table?lang=en)
Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Employment rates by educational attainment and citizenship, tertiary education, ages 25–64, Finland (lfsa_ergaedn)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsa_ergaedn/default/table?lang=en)
Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Education at a Glance — relative earnings of foreign-born adults with tertiary education, Finland (DF_LSO_EARN_REL_NATIVE)](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/)
OECD · OECD data — reuse with attribution · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Finnish post-study and work permit rules — Migri pages (read in a browser)](https://migri.fi/en/residence-permit-to-look-for-work)
Finnish Immigration Service (Migri) — transcribed and verified by UNIFER · Official government information · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Employment statistics — employed persons by occupation (StatFin tyokay/115q)](https://stat.fi/en/statistics/tyokay)
Statistics Finland · CC BY 4.0 (Statistics Finland) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Transition from school to further education and work — main activity one year after graduation, higher university degree (master), by field (StatFin sijk/111l)](https://stat.fi/en/statistics/sijk)
Statistics Finland · CC BY 4.0 (Statistics Finland) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Structure of earnings — earnings of full-time employees by level and field of education and age (StatFin pra); yearly figure calculated by UNIFER](https://stat.fi/en/statistics/pra)
Statistics Finland · CC BY 4.0 (Statistics Finland) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Structure of earnings — monthly earnings for regular working hours of full-time employees by occupation (StatFin pra); yearly figure calculated by UNIFER](https://stat.fi/en/statistics/pra)
Statistics Finland · CC BY 4.0 (Statistics Finland) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

- [Employment service statistics — vacancies by occupation at the end of the month (StatFin tyonv/12ti)](https://stat.fi/en/statistics/tyonv)
KEHA Centre (Development and Administrative Centre for ELY Centres and TE Offices), published by Statistics Finland · Reuse terms not stated by KEHA (unverified); used with credit for educational, non-commercial purposes · loaded 19 Oct 2026

Indicative figures from official Finnish sources. They describe groups of graduates and workers, not what any individual will earn or be offered. Visa rules change, so check migri.fi before you decide.