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According to Glassdoor these are some of the highest paying remote jobs in Finland:

• Bilingual Administrative Assistant (with English and Finnish) – AI Trainer, paying about 30 euro per hour;
• Finnish Tutor (bilingual English and Finnish) – AI Trainer, paying about 30 euro per hour;
• English teacher and AI content editor, both paying about 30 euro per hour;
• Bilingual Public Relations Specialist (bilingual English and Finnish) – AI Trainer, paying about 30 euro per hour;
• Finnish speaking legal expert (with Swedish);
• Senior Product Manager, paying $200,000 a year;
• Psychometrician, paying $100,000 a year;
• Machine Learning Engineering Lead;
• Head of Data Science.

Looking at other websites for remote jobs in Finland that are not strictly technical and IT-based, these are some of the roles available:

• Executive Assistant, paying up to $5,000 a month;
• Executive Virtual Assistant, paying up to $48,000 a year;
• Account Manager, paying up to $6,000 a month;
• Marketing Manager, paying up to $5,000 a month;
• Digital Marketing Coach, paying up to $125,000 a year;
• Content Coordinator, paying up to $24 per hour.

What Are the Most in Demand Remote Jobs in Finland?

Before answering this question, let’s see what the Finnish job market looks like and what type of jobs are in demand.

According to infoFinland, these are the sectors that are actively recruiting:

• Social and health services
• Education
• Specialist work and consultancy
• Installation, maintenance and cleaning
• Hospitality and tourism
• Industry and technology.

The above are all recruiting for in person roles and not for remote work. However, there is demand for candidates who work remotely in some key industry sectors, particularly in IT.

The website quotes that the average monthly salary in Finland is 4,000 euro, with doctors and managers earning the most, averaging between 7,000 and 8,000 euro per month. It is worth noting that both the cost of living and taxation are higher in Finland than many other European countries.

The highest earners in Finland tend to have doctorates and higher degrees, be aged between 45 and 49, and their take home pay is at least 6,000 euro per month.

In terms of available remote jobs, here is a small selection of opportunities from WorkInFinland:

• Senior Platform Engineer;
• Research Professor;
• Embedded Software Developer;
• Security Coordinator;
• Project Manager;
• Product Manager;
• Senior Accountant;
• Research Scientist;
• Senior Java Developer;
• Integration Specialist.

Perks of Working in Finland

Finland offers good public services and benefits to people who live and work there. These benefits include full paid holidays, affordable healthcare, gym memberships and other discretionary perks depending on the employer.

Languages Spoken in Finland

Finnish and Swedish are the main official languages of Finland, but many people speak fluent English as their second or third language.

About 70% of the Finnish population (almost 4 million people) can speak English.

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