Full members
TEK's full membership fee (for graduated members) in 2025 is €351 (€29.25 per month) and it includes membership of The Unemployment fund for highly educated KOKO.
If you join TEK during the year, you only have to pay for the months remaining in that year.
All TEK membership fees are tax-deductible. TEK sends details of membership fee payments directly to the tax authority.
As a full member, you have access to all TEK' services and benefits.
Check out all benefits and services
Members who are not members of the Unemployment Fund for Highly Educated KOKO
If you do not belong to the KOKO fund via TEK, you only pay TEK's membership fee of €288 (€24 per month).
If you wish resign from the KOKO fund, you must notify TEK's member service via OmaTEK. You cannot resign retroactively.
If you join another unemployment fund, you must do so within one month of resigning from the KOKO fund in order for your previous membership to be calculated in fulfilling your "work condition".
Pensioners
The membership fee for retired members is €48 in 2025.
For an additional fee, you can order Alma Media's magazines at a reduced price (maximum 2 magazines, delivered within Finland). You can choose the magazines you want from the following: Arvopaperi, Mikrobitti, Talouselämä, Tekniikka&Talous and Tivi.
Prices
Combined subscription (paper+digital), Talouselämä €4.25/month (€51/year)
Combined subscription (paper+digital), other magazines €2.25/month (€27/year)
Digital magazine, Talouselämä €2.25/month (€27/year)
Digital magazine, other magazines €1.75/month (€21/year)
This policy also applies to members on disability pension. You must first notify TEK's member service via OmaTEK of your retirement or if you are not TEK member yet, you can join here. The change will take effect from the start of the month following your notification.
Students
Student membership is free of charge. If you are a member of the The Unemployment fund for highly educated KOKO, the fund fee is €5.25 per month. Visit KOKO fund's website for more information.
Read more on student membership
Members living abroad
A full member living outside of the Nordic countries pays an annual membership fee of €117 or €9.75 per month during the time spent abroad. This includes a subscription to TEK magazine and membership of the KOKO fund. Please note, you should check the regulations governing unemployment benefits while living abroad. You must first notify TEK's member service via OmaTEK about moving abroad. Change in the fee will take effect from the start of the month following the notification.
Read more about membership abroad
Dual members
RIL-TEK membership costs €159 / year.
SAFA-TEK membership costs the same as regular SAFA membership, check www.safa.fi for further details.
OAJ-TEK membership costs €112 / year.
Ornamo-TEK membership costs €159 / year.
TFiF-TEK membership costs the same as regular TFiF membership, check www.tfif.fi for further details.
Membership of the Finnish Union of University Professors and TEK, read more here.
Membership fee discounts
You may be eligible for a discount on your regular TEK membership fee if you are, for example, unemployed, on family or study leave or living abroad.
Payment methods
TEK membership fee can be paid in one or four instalments spread throughout the year. Paper invoices have an extra fee €3/per invoice (including OmaPosti and Kivra).
Save money and switch to e-invoice. There is an extra fee €3/per paper invoice.
You may transfer your membership fee to e-invoicing in your own online bank by ordering Tekniikan akateemiset TEK's membership fee invoice as an e-invoice. Depending on your bank, either a social security number and / or a membership fee reference number are required as identification.
Through e-invoicing, you can pay the membership fee also monthly. The instalment selection is made by authorization through your bank. The number of instalments can also be informed to our member service in OmaTEK.
If you don't pay the membership fee
If you don't pay the TEK membership fee, you will not be able to receive any of TEK's services such as legal advice, career coaching or salary advice.
If your membership fee is not paid, you will be deregistered from TEK's membership at the end of the calendar year. This may also result in termination of your KOKO fund membership.
You may only rejoin TEK by paying all unpaid membership fees.
For further details
For further details of membership fees, please contact TEK's member service.