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Title: Chief of Staff hourly rate in Estonia, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Chief of Staff pay in Estonia: median wage €29 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €60. Source: Eurostat, 2022. Free for professionals.

Estonia · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Chief of Staff hourly rate in Estonia

The market median wage for a Chief of Staff in Estonia is **€28.88 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€60 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€60/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€28.88/hr** median wage

**€17-38** middle half of wages

**€1,300** a month at 5 hours a week

## Chief of Staff wage percentiles in Estonia

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €11.45 | €250 | €23,800 |
| 25th | €17.22 | €370 | €35,800 |
| Median | €28.88 | €630 | €60,100 |
| 75th | €37.77 | €820 | €78,600 |
| 90th | €48.56 | €1,050 | €101,000 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Estonia in numbers

What sets Estonia apart for a Chief of Staff, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€16** country floor: no Estonia rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Chief of Staff in Estonia by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manager | €50 | €1,080 |
| Director | €60 | €1,300 |

- Regular role **€60**

- One-off task **€70**

- Task bundle **€65**

## Chief of Staff pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Chief of Staff, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | €76.60 | €160 |
| Denmark | €72.53 | €150 |
| Belgium | €69.47 | €145 |
| Ireland | €60.82 | €130 |
| Finland | €60.62 | €125 |
| Austria | €58.34 | €125 |
| Italy | €58.18 | €120 |
| Netherlands | €53.69 | €115 |
| Sweden | €47.33 | €100 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Chief of Staff rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/chief-of-staff/) · [Chief of Staff jobs in Estonia](https://deftridge.com/jobs/chief-of-staff/estonia/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
