Software Engineer Salary in Greece: Official Pay Data 2022
The average software engineer salary in Greece was €30,635 gross a year in 2022 for professionals in the information and communication sector, including €4,588 of bonuses paid outside the monthly salary (Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, run in Greece by ELSTAT). That is 1.25 times the average for all employees. Per month, these professionals earned €2,299 gross in October 2022.
Software engineers in Greece, counted as professionals in the information and communication sector, earned a mean of €30,635 gross in 2022, or €2,299 a month before the Christmas, Easter and holiday payments. This page is for software engineers deciding what to ask for in Greece and for companies, often in the US or the UK, budgeting a hire there. It sets out what these professionals earn according to the EU Structure of Earnings Survey run by ELSTAT, how pay changes with level, age and gender, how Greece compares in Europe and what an employer pays on top of salary.
Pay in the information and communication sector in Greece by occupation level
Pay of ICT sector professionals: Greece and neighbours
What software engineers earn in Greece
Professionals working in the information and communication sector in Greece earned a mean of €30,635 gross in 2022, according to the EU Structure of Earnings Survey, which ELSTAT, the Hellenic Statistical Authority, runs in Greece. This group (ISCO-08 major group 2 in NACE section J) includes software developers and analysts alongside other professionals in the sector. The yearly figure includes €4,588 of payments not made every month, which Eurostat describes as items such as 13th or 14th month payments and holiday bonuses. The mean for all employees was €24,513, so these professionals earned about 1.25 times the national average (our calculation).
Per month, professionals in the sector earned a mean of €2,299 gross in October 2022, without those bonuses, for an average of 157 paid hours, or €14.40 an hour. The monthly mean for all employees was €1,499. Professionals in all sectors together earned €30,221 a year, so the information and communication sector pays its professionals only slightly more than other sectors do.
On top of 12 monthly salaries, monthly-paid private-sector employees in Greece receive a Christmas bonus equal to one month's salary and an Easter bonus equal to half a month's salary (Ministry of Labour), plus a holiday allowance of up to half a month's salary (Hellenic Labour Inspectorate). That makes 12 salaries plus the equivalent of 2 more for someone who works the full year (our calculation).
Pay by level, age and gender
The survey groups people by occupation level, not job titles like junior or senior. In the information and communication sector, managers earned a mean of €65,540 a year (€4,486 a month), professionals €30,635 and technicians and associate professionals €23,910 (€1,828 a month).
Age is the clearer guide to experience, but it is published for professionals across all sectors, not for this sector alone. Professionals under 30 earned a mean of €19,371 a year, those aged 30 to 49 €28,893 and those 50 or over €33,900. In the information and communication sector, men in professional jobs earned €32,925 and women €25,946, so women earned 78.8% of what men did (our calculation).
How Greece compares in Europe
The EU average for professionals in the information and communication sector was €57,522 in 2022, so Greece, at €30,635, was at 0.53 times the EU level (our calculation). Bulgaria was at a similar level (€30,903), while Portugal (€39,232), Italy (€49,625) and Cyprus (€53,572) paid more. Greece had 110,400 ICT specialists in work in 2025, 2.5% of total employment, against 5.0% across the EU (Eurostat).
What an employer pays on top of salary
In Greece, social security contributions for employees go to e-EFKA, the national social security fund. For the contribution package used for employees with pension, health and supplementary pension cover (code 101, IKA-TEAM), the rate is 35.16% of gross pay: 21.79% paid by the employer and 13.37% by the employee. These rates have applied since 1 January 2025, when the health contribution was cut by 1 point (e-EFKA circular 38/2024); the employer's health share is now 3.80% for benefits in kind and 0.25% for cash benefits. Contributions are charged on pay up to €7,761.94 a month in 2026 (e-EFKA circular 4/2026), and the Christmas, Easter and holiday payments also carry contributions.
On the 2022 mean of €30,635, the employer's 21.79% comes to €6,675.37 a year, for a total of €37,310.37 (our calculation, rates in force in 2026). Per month, 21.79% of the €2,299 mean is about €501. Not included: other contribution packages with different rates, such as heavy and unhealthy occupations, the one-off €20 per employee paid in 2026 to the children's camps account, private health insurance, any company pension and pay growth since 2022.
Hiring a software engineer in Greece remotely
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Once you have chosen someone, there are 3 common ways to employ them in Greece:
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- Employer of record (EOR): a third-party provider becomes the legal employer and runs Greek payroll for a monthly fee. Your company directs the work.
- Contractor: the person invoices you as an independent professional. The relationship has to be genuinely independent, or it can count as employment.
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How we built these figures
Greek pay figures come from the Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, collected in Greece by ELSTAT (national release of 20 December 2024) and published by Eurostat in tables updated on 9 February 2026. The survey covers enterprises with 10 or more employees and October 2022 as the reference month; the yearly figures add payments that are not made every month, such as the Christmas and Easter bonuses and the holiday allowance, and the monthly figures leave them out. All figures are means, not medians, and the tables do not split full-time from part-time workers. The survey gives occupations only at the broad level of major groups and economic activity only at section level, so there is no separate figure for software developers or for computer programming companies, and none by years of experience, job title or remote status. Age figures cover professionals in all sectors. This survey runs every 4 years; pay has changed since 2022. Where we multiply or divide, we say so.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the average software engineer salary in Greece?
Professionals in the information and communication sector earned a mean of €30,635 gross in 2022, including bonuses, according to the EU Structure of Earnings Survey run by ELSTAT. Per month, the October 2022 mean was €2,299 without bonuses.
How much does a senior software developer earn in Greece?
Official statistics do not use the word senior. Professionals aged 50 or over earned a mean of €33,900 a year in 2022 across all sectors, and managers in the information and communication sector earned €65,540.
Do software engineers in Greece get paid 14 times a year?
Monthly-paid private-sector employees receive a Christmas bonus of one month's salary, an Easter bonus of half a month's salary and a holiday allowance of up to half a month's salary, on top of 12 monthly salaries.
How much does a software engineer cost an employer in Greece?
Employers pay 21.79% of gross pay in social security contributions under package code 101 in 2026. On the 2022 mean of €30,635, that is about €6,675 a year, for a total of about €37,310, before insurance, company pension and other costs (our calculation).
Can a company outside Greece hire a software engineer there without a Greek entity?
Yes. The usual routes are an employer of record, which employs the person for you, or a genuine contractor agreement. Euro Remote Talent handles the placement: a shortlist of 3 vetted candidates within 21 days for a flat $6,500, and you choose the route.
Sources
- Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, earn_ses22_49, mean annual earnings by occupation and economic activity, Greece. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, earn_ses22_48, mean monthly earnings by occupation and economic activity, with earn_ses22_47 (hourly) and earn_ses22_50 (hours paid). Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, earn_ses22_28, mean annual earnings by age and occupation, with earn_ses22_21 (monthly). Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Eurostat, Structure of earnings survey 2022, reference metadata. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- ELSTAT, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, press release of 20 Dec 2024. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, earn_ses22_49, comparison by country. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Eurostat, Employed ICT specialists, isoc_sks_itspt. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Holiday bonuses (Easter and Christmas). Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Hellenic Labour Inspectorate, Leave pay and leave allowance. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- e-EFKA, Circular 38/2024, reduction of health contributions from 1 Jan 2025, with the table of contribution package codes. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- e-EFKA, Circular 4/2026, maximum insurable earnings from 1 Jan 2026, and general questions for salaried employees. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Insurance contributions. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
- e-EFKA, General document 2338673 of 1 Sep 2026, employer contribution to the children's camps account. Checked 9 Nov 2026.
