Finland's tax day · 12 Nov 2026
Who tops the money list in Lithuania
In Lithuania, the biggest published income for 2025 was €36.1M (estimated pay). Compare it with every other European country's number one; each figure links to its source.
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01 · The league
Europe's number ones, side by side
Sorted by amount in euros. Colours show what is being measured, and the measures are not the same thing: a Nordic tax list counts capital gains, a CEO pay report does not.
02 · Three measures
Same question, three kinds of answer
Only a few countries publish what people actually earn. Everywhere else the best public number is what a listed company had to disclose about its boss.
03 · Finland, today
Finland's top five, and where the money came from
Published by the Finnish Tax Administration on 12 November 2026 for income year 2025. Most of the top five got their millions as capital income, not salary.
You vs the number ones
How long would they need to make your year
Type your yearly income before tax and pick a country. The answer is the top income divided evenly over every hour of the year, so it is an order of magnitude, not a payslip.
04 · Years to earn it
How long a typical local income would take
Top income divided by a typical yearly income in the same country. The typical income is not measured the same way everywhere (median net per person in some countries, average full-time pay in others), so read it as an order of magnitude.
05 · Every country
Country files, with sources
Runners-up, the local rule on tax data, how sure we are, and the documents behind each number.
06 · Who shows the money
Where personal tax data is public
Next drop
Norway publishes its 2025 lists on 2 December
Get the new number ones the day each country publishes: Norway in December, Iceland in August, Finland next November. One short email per drop, nothing else.
07 · Method
How the numbers were chosen
Order of preference
- Tax lists. Where a tax authority or national media publish a ranking of personal taxable income, we take its #1. Taxable income includes capital income such as dividends and gains.
- CEO pay. Otherwise, the highest total pay of a chief executive of a company listed in that country for financial year 2025, from the company's remuneration report or a published ranking. Some figures count shares when granted, others when they pay out; each card says which.
- Estimates and declarations. Where neither exists, a labelled estimate (for example an athlete's published salary) or an official's public declaration.
Amounts are converted to euros at the ECB annual average rate of the income year. Data checked on 12 November 2026.
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