Under-30 tax leader reports nearly 3.7 million euros

A person born in 2007 from Pirkanmaa had the highest taxable income among people under 30 in 2025, with nearly 3.7 million euros, all from capital income, Yle reports. The person ranked 157th on Finland’s overall income list.

No one under 30 made the top 100 highest earners in the 2025 tax data. Two minors were among the ten highest-earning people under 30, ranking second and fifth. Yle does not name them in its tax database.

Miika Suutala, born in 1996 and chief executive of financial services company S Allocations Oy, ranked third among under-30s with about 2.65 million euros in taxable income, entirely from capital income.

Poker professional Henri Puustinen ranked fourth with about 2.6 million euros. Almost all of his taxable income was earned income, the highest amount in that category among people under 30. The tax data do not show what that income came from.

Winnings from poker games organised in Finland by Veikkaus are tax-free, as are winnings from games organised in another European Economic Area country under that country’s laws. Winnings from games organised outside the EEA are taxable as earned income. Capital income exceeded earned income for nine of the ten highest earners under 30.

Fewer million-euro incomes, more high earners

The leading earners changed considerably from the previous year. In 2024, poker professional Pauli Äyräs topped the under-30 list with about 7.1 million euros, followed by Jonathan Hed with about 5.4 million euros. Both had ranked among Finland’s 100 highest earners, but neither reached the 150,000-euro threshold in Yle’s 2025 tax database.

The number of under-30s with taxable income above one million euros fell from 15 in 2024 to 10 in 2025. Meanwhile, 398 people under 30 had taxable income of at least 150,000 euros, up from 348 the previous year.

There were about 90 women and 300 men among the under-30 high earners in 2025, compared with about 70 women in 2024. Yle estimated gender from people’s first names because the tax data do not include a gender variable. Fifteen people under 30 were minors.

Tax records show income, not wealth, and do not identify the exact sources of an individual’s capital income. Taxable earned income can also be lower than salary because of deductions.