Europe ranked: The finance role which will earn graduates the MOST (2024)

In the current job market, audit is the highest paying graduate finance role in ten European countries including Liechtenstein (EUR 78,774) and Finland (EU R68,412), Moneytransfers.com informed BC.

Being a student trying to find their way in the current jobmarket might feel daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Having an optimisticoutlook and strong perseverance are essential for landing a graduate job role.

After discovering there are 27,000 online searches eachmonth* for graduate finance jobs, MoneyTransfers.com analysed data from employerfeedback specialists GlassDoor to discover which graduate finance roles arecurrently the highest paying in each European country.


The highest paid finance graduates in Europe

Overall, MoneyTransfers.com discovered that Switzerlandhas the highest paying graduate finance roles in Europe! Paying newcomers animpressive starting salary of EUR 102,506 annually for financeassociates roles, they pay EUR23,732 more per year than thesecond-place country.

The secondhighest paying European country is Liechtenstein. Graduates working in auditorpositions could earn a hefty salary of EUR 78,774 per year.

FollowingLiechtenstein is Luxembourg who provide an annual salary of EUR78,459to finance graduates who are working in investment analysis.

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The highest paying graduate finance role in each European country

MoneyTransfers.com found that in Bulgaria (EUR 11,802),Croatia (EUR 12,687), Cyprus (EUR 18,600), Finland (EUR 68,412),Greece (EUR 24,090), Latvia (EUR 13,212), Liechtenstein (EUR 78,774),Lithuania (EUR 39,744), Poland (EUR 21,432) and Slovenia (EUR 42,339)auditor roles are currently the highest paying graduate financejob.

From these selected countries, Liechtenstein has the highestaverage graduate salary for auditors whilst Bulgaria has the lowest.

In Austria (EUR 66,999), Czech Republic (EUR 15,951),Denmark (EUR 72,275), Estonia (EUR 24,216), Norway (EUR 70,948),Portugal (EUR 21,951), Romania (EUR 9,360), Slovakia (EUR 17,927)and Sweden (EUR45,936) finance analyst is currently thehighest paying graduate finance role.

Out of these countries, Denmark has the highest averagegraduate salary for finance analysts whilst Romania has the lowest.

Moreover, graduates in France (EUR 50,484), Germany(EUR 67,755), Ireland (EUR 40,240) and Switzerland (EUR 102,506)have the greatest earning potential in finance associatepositions.

Interestingly, in Spain, finance administratoris the graduate finance role that can bank prospective candidates the mostmoney at an average annual salary of EUR 32,000. Whilst the same is truefor graduate junior accountant jobs (EUR 36,000) in Ukraine.


Europe ranked: The finance role which will earn graduates the MOST (2024)
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