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Airport baggage handler jobs in Finland

Airport baggage handlers receive and return the luggage of passengers at airport terminals. They prepare and attach baggage claim checks, stack baggage on carts or conveyors and may return baggage to patrons on receipt of claim check.

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Airport baggage handler – how much is the pay in Finland?

What the trade paid in 2024

Hourly earnings in Finland 2024 — occupation group 9333 Freight handlers, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
Median16.46 €/h
Bottom tenth12.90 €/h
Top tenth22.07 €/h
Employees42,304

Pay by sex, 2024

Median hourly earnings by sex in Finland 2024 — occupation group 9333 Freight handlers, Statistics Finland table 15az, CC BY 4.0.
SexMedianEmployees
Women15.61 €/h8,827
Men16.70 €/h33,477

Airport baggage handler - Which skills are essential?

Apply the principles and rules that govern the activities and processes of an organisation.

Carry out transport services according to accepted principles of right and wrong. This includes principles of fairness, transparency, and impartiality.

Operate a forklift, a vehicle with a pronged device in front for lifting and carrying heavy loads.

Implement the relevant procedures, strategies and use the proper equipment to promote local or national security activities for the protection of data, people, institutions, and property.

Comply with airport safety procedures, policies and legislation to ensure a safe working environment for all employees, and to ensure the safety of passengers.

Transfer cargo and luggage to other gates, other airlines, and to passengers in a timely and safe manner.

Maintain balance and mass distribution inside the means of transport (vessel, aircraft, train, road vehicles, etc). Ensure that passengers and cargo distribution do not hinder the mobility of the mode of transport.

Set up ramps in airports and assist in operations related to the storage of baggage and equipment on aircrafts.

Ensure operative processes are finished at a previously agreed-upon time.

Spot threats related to security at the airport and apply procedures to counteract them in a quick, safe, and efficient way.

Achieve efficient processing of baggage using the smallest amount of time, effort or cost resources possible.

Monitor passenger safety on apron and ramp area during boarding and deplaning; provide assistance to passengers.

Lift heavy weights and apply ergonomic lifting techniques to avoid damaging the body.

Maintain a temperate mental state and effective performance under pressure or adverse circumstances.

Ability to work confidently within a logistics team, with each member of the team fulfilling a role designed to increase the efficiency of the whole.

Airport baggage handler - Which skills are useful but not essential?

Attitude that puts customers at the centre of the business in all cases.

Proceed in a way that one can be relied on or depended on.

Read and interpret tags on checked bags and sort luggage accordingly to ensure that items of baggage are loaded onto the correct flight.

Make use of various types of communication channels such as verbal, handwritten, digital and telephonic communication with the purpose of constructing and sharing ideas or information.

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Sources

Wage data: Statistics Finland, wage structure statistics, table 15az, year 2024. Read 2.10.2026. Licence CC BY 4.0.

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

How we calculated these figures