CYPRUS SALARY SURVEY & Workforce Insights 2025/2026
The Emerald Zebra 2025 Cyprus Salary & Workforce Insights Report
The Emerald Zebra 2025 Cyprus Salary & Workforce Insights Report brings together the most comprehensive view of salaries and workforce sentiment in Cyprus’s FinTech, Tech, Financial Services and iGaming industries.
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Key Findings at a Glance
Median salary: ~€42,000 (58% earn below €50,000)
Bonuses: Around 59% of employees receive an annual bonus or commission, while 41% report receiving none.
Job satisfaction: 56% satisfied, 30% neutral, 13% dissatisfied
Turnover: 37% changed jobs within the past year
Top reasons for leaving: Salary (25%), Career Growth (23%), Culture (23%)
Benefits: Health insurance (59%) and flexible hours (53%) lead; training budgets (47%) follow closely
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Hybrid work is the new normal: 7 in 10 respondents now work remotely at least part of the week.
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The data tells a clear story: Cyprus’ workforce is mobile, ambitious, and looking for more than pay alone.
The report is based on 700+ anonymous employee responses verified with employer salary data and insights from 30,000+ professionals. Salaries were reviewed for accuracy, outliers highlighted and excluded, and the low, P25, median, P75, and high ranges calculated per job title to show realistic market levels across Cyprus.
What You’ll Discover Inside
Salary benchmarks across FinTech, Tech, Financial Services and iGaming
Market commentary from Emerald Zebra’s sector specialists
Real data on satisfaction, retention and workplace expectations
Benefit trends that attract and retain top performers
Prepare for EU Pay Transparency Regulations
Changing Workforce Priorities
Why We Publish It
Emerald Zebra is committed to creating a more transparent, fair, and competitive employment landscape in Cyprus.
By sharing real market data openly and without paywalls, we aim to empower both professionals and employers to make informed, confident decisions.
💬 A Note from Emerald Zebra
We want to thank every professional and employer who took part in this year’s survey. Your openness allows us to present an honest picture of how people in Cyprus work, earn and grow.
A special thank-you to the Emerald Zebra team, whose daily conversations with candidates and employers make this data possible. Every salary discussion, every placement and every insight shared contributes to the accuracy and credibility of this report.
Each year, more participants mean clearer, deeper insights. To continue offering this report free to the public, we need even greater participation from both employees who share their real pay information and employers who benchmark transparently.
Your contribution strengthens salary awareness across Cyprus and helps build a fairer, more competitive job market for everyone.
Join next year’s survey, your input shapes the future of work in Cyprus.
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs
The Cyprus Salary & Workforce Insights Report 2025 is an annual salary survey by Emerald Zebra, providing verified data on salaries, bonuses, and workforce trends in FinTech, Financial Services, Technology and iGaming.
It’s the most comprehensive salary report in Cyprus, combining real data from both employees and employers.
More than 700 employees and a number of employers across Cyprus participated in this year’s survey, with additional insights drawn from 30,000+ professionals in Emerald Zebra’s talent network.
This strong dataset allows us to publish accurate salary benchmarks and workforce trends each year.
Data is gathered anonymously through employee and employer surveys and verified against real placements and salary information from Emerald Zebra’s recruitment database.
All data is aggregated, no individual responses are identifiable.
Emerald Zebra believes salary transparency should be accessible to everyone in Cyprus, not behind a paywall.
By publishing this free salary report, we support fair pay, better hiring decisions, and equal access to reliable market data.
Businesses can align their compensation structures with industry standards, attract top talent, and enhance employee satisfaction. Our benchmarks empower organizations to make informed decisions, contributing to overall success and growth as well as assist in compensation strategy planning for the EU Pay Transparency Directive reporting.
The 2025 survey captured information by city, job family, and sector, but sample distribution was uneven.
To protect accuracy, the free report focuses on island-wide salary data across Cyprus’s key sectors.
Future editions will expand into city- and role-level comparisons as participation grows.
Participation is open to all. When the 2026 Cyprus Salary Survey launches, links will be available on the Emerald Zebra website and social channels.
The more employees and employers who contribute, the more precise and useful the data becomes for everyone.
Employers use the Emerald Zebra salary benchmarks to review pay structures, design benefits, and improve retention.
The data also supports compliance with the upcoming EU Pay Transparency Directive (June 2026).
Jobseekers and employees use the Cyprus Salary Report 2025 to understand their market value, prepare for salary discussions, and explore career opportunities in Cyprus’s most popular sectors.
The report is researched, verified, and published by Emerald Zebra, a licensed specialist recruitment agency in Cyprus focusing on FinTech, Financial Services, Tech and iGaming industries.
You can download the report for free directly from the Emerald Zebra Salary Survey page.
No registration or subscription required, just open access to verified salary data for Cyprus.
The report is based on 700+ anonymous employee responses verified with employer salary data and insights from 30,000+ professionals. Salaries were reviewed for accuracy, outliers highlighted and excluded and the low, P25, median, P75 and high ranges calculated per job title to show realistic market levels across Cyprus.