The professions of the next decade in Greece: Which sectors offer salaries above €2,000

The Greek labor marketplace is showing beardown momentum and is present much competitory compared to different European countries, the enclosure notes, announcing that it volition person a beardown beingness astatine the networking lawsuit connecting talented Greeks in the United Kingdom with businesses successful Greece, arsenic portion of the organization “Rebrain Greece” inaugural of the Ministry of Labor.

The lawsuit volition instrumentality spot connected Saturday, May 9, 2026, astatine the Hilton London Metropole successful London, successful the beingness of Labor and Social Security Minister Niki Kerameus.

The enclosure stated that it volition enactment with 2 booths. The archetypal volition big leader organizations specified arsenic the Hellenic Shipyards Association, the Association of Industries of Attica-Piraeus, and the Panhellenic Association of Ship Suppliers and Exporters. The 2nd booth volition see companies specified arsenic Golden Cargo SA, D. Koronakis SA, Skaramangas Shipyards SA, Dynacom, Olympic Marine SA, and Omicron Yachts of the Prokopiou Group.

The enclosure says it actively supports initiatives that are portion of a broader endowment repatriation strategy and person already been held successful cities overseas with a beardown Greek presence.

Overall, much than 6,500 funny individuals person reportedly been informed astir developments successful the labour marketplace and explored vocation opportunities done nonstop interaction with much than 120 starring Greek companies. More than 250 résumés person been submitted to organizations and members of the chamber.

The enclosure notes that the information of Piraeus-based businesses highlights their committedness to supporting the instrumentality of Greek professionals to the state by utilizing their expertise to fortify innovation and growth. At the aforesaid time, it aligns with the Ministry of Labor’s systematic effort to promote Greeks overseas to instrumentality and reconnect with the home labour market.

“The betterment successful the cardinal factors shaping a competitory labour marketplace model has been remarkable. According to Ministry of Labor data, since 2019 determination has been a important reversal of the trend, with 563,000 caller jobs created, portion full-time employment roseate to 78.5%. At the aforesaid time, the wage basal strengthened, arsenic 63.5% of employees present person salaries supra the mean wage, compared to 36.3% successful 2019,” the connection emphasizes.

At the forefront of this maturation momentum, the enclosure continues, are sectors acting arsenic “engines” for occupation creation.

The accusation exertion and consulting services assemblage stands out, with employment expanding by 107% and much than 27,000 caller jobs created. Construction follows with +88% and astir 50,000 positions, pharmaceuticals with +61%, logistics with +34%, and healthcare services with +32%. Manufacturing has besides made a peculiarly important contribution, with much than 66,000 caller jobs.

Professions with salaries supra €2,000

These aforesaid sectors are besides shaping the caller wage landscape.

Five large sectors study mean salaries supra €2,000, importantly higher than the mean wage of €1,516. Specifically:

• Finance leads with €2,940
• Energy follows with €2,613
• IT and consulting services with €2,324
• Research and improvement with €2,175
• Pharmaceuticals with €2,108

The summation successful wages is straight linked to the shortage of specialized personnel, arsenic good arsenic technological developments specified arsenic digitization and Artificial Intelligence, which are expanding request for highly skilled workers.

Overall, 46 sectors of the system present connection salaries supra the mean wage, with 43% of them belonging to manufacturing. At the aforesaid time, accepted work sectors are seeing wage increases of 46%, portion ineligible and accounting services are besides experiencing upward maturation of 33%.

Within this context, the enclosure says the London lawsuit has attracted the involvement of companies operating successful Greece that connection specialized and senior-level positions successful dynamic sectors specified arsenic concern and banking, energy, operation and industry, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, transport and tourism, media and entertainment, arsenic good arsenic consulting and auditing services.

It is besides noted that younker unemployment successful the United Kingdom has present surpassed the EU average, with 1 successful 4 young radical seeking work. The unemployment complaint for those nether 24 reached 16% successful the 4th ending successful January, portion successful London it has risen to 25% implicit the past 2 years. At the aforesaid time, according to information from the Adzuna platform, disposable postgraduate positions dropped from 13,000 successful 2019 to conscionable 2,000 successful aboriginal 2026.

“Greece has suffered from workforce shrinkage and the nonaccomplishment of captious skills. The demographic occupation worsened during the fiscal crisis, erstwhile 427,000 young men and women of family-forming property and with precocious acquisition qualifications near the country. The economical interaction of their migration was substantial. It is estimated that they generated €50 cardinal successful the countries wherever they worked, portion Greece mislaid the accidental to payment from the returns connected its €8 cardinal acquisition investment,” the enclosure stresses.

Under the existent economical conditions, the enclosure believes Greece indispensable item the professions of the adjacent decade.

“The Greek labour marketplace is showing singular momentum and is present much competitory than different European countries. We indispensable besides pass to young radical the taxation incentives, including a 50% simplification successful income taxation for 7 years, and done a meritocratic strategy destruct concerns astir their vocation way and advancement. In the conflict for our economical and societal strengthening, present is the clip to retrieve mislaid worth and make opportunities for young radical to instrumentality to their country,” the connection concludes.

The president of the chamber, Vassilis Korkidis, stated:

“The enclosure consistently invests successful shaping a modern and people-centered enactment situation aimed astatine attracting talented Greeks overseas and connecting them with Greek businesses. At the aforesaid time, it studies and maps retired the professions of the adjacent decade. Integrating highly specialized quality superior strengthens cognition transfer, innovation, and the planetary competitiveness of the Greek economy. By enhancing productivity and the outward predisposition of businesses, the conditions are created for making afloat usage of workforce skills, substantially contributing to the maturation and competitiveness of Greek entrepreneurship and the nationalist economy.”