Salaries in Sweden by profession
Median monthly pay for 60 professions from Statistics Sweden (2025), and what you keep after tax.
What you’ll take home
Type a monthly salary and pick where you would live.
- Take home
- SEK 32,100
- Tax
- SEK 7,900
- Tax rate
- 19.8 %
- Tax table
- 31
A month, 2026, as your employer withholds it: Skatteverket’s tax table for your municipality’s rate, column 1 (salary, under 66), without the Church of Sweden fee. Your final tax is settled in next year’s return. On top of your salary your employer pays 31.42 % in social security contributions, SEK 12,568 a month here. Source: Skatteverket.
Pay by profession
| Profession | Median a month | Most earn |
|---|---|---|
| IT architect and systems analyst | SEK 56,200 | 41,000 to 77,800 |
| IT specialist | SEK 55,600 | 40,500 to 76,300 |
| Financial controller | SEK 55,100 | 41,500 to 80,000 |
| IT security specialist | SEK 54,900 | 38,600 to 79,200 |
| Electrical engineer | SEK 54,200 | 41,000 to 75,000 |
| Management and organisation analyst | SEK 53,700 | 40,000 to 83,300 |
| Software developer | SEK 53,500 | 39,600 to 72,600 |
| Marketing specialist | SEK 53,000 | 35,200 to 78,500 |
| Systems administrator | SEK 52,500 | 39,500 to 69,600 |
| Mechanical engineer | SEK 51,800 | 40,200 to 69,900 |
| Mining and metallurgy engineer | SEK 51,800 | 37,000 to 70,100 |
| Civil engineer | SEK 51,300 | 39,600 to 73,000 |
| Sales representative | SEK 50,300 | 35,000 to 74,100 |
| Electrical engineering technician | SEK 49,500 | 36,900 to 66,500 |
| Construction engineering technician | SEK 49,400 | 38,100 to 65,200 |
| Logistics and production engineer | SEK 49,300 | 38,100 to 69,500 |
| Buyer and purchaser | SEK 49,200 | 38,000 to 68,500 |
| HR specialist | SEK 48,500 | 36,700 to 68,200 |
| Network and systems technician | SEK 48,400 | 34,600 to 65,500 |
| School nurse | SEK 46,200 | 42,400 to 52,000 |
| IT technician | SEK 45,800 | |
| Mechanical engineering technician | SEK 45,500 | 36,700 to 58,100 |
| Accountant | SEK 44,600 | 33,200 to 58,100 |
| Nurse | SEK 42,900 | 35,200 to 54,400 |
| Plumber and heating fitter | SEK 42,700 | 33,900 to 48,800 |
| Bricklayer and tiler | SEK 42,200 | 39,100 to 45,100 |
| Scaffolder | SEK 41,200 | 37,500 to 43,000 |
| Carpenter | SEK 40,300 | 33,400 to 44,900 |
| Concrete worker | SEK 40,000 | 33,300 to 51,500 |
| Electrician | SEK 40,000 | 27,400 to 49,900 |
| Maintenance mechanic | SEK 40,000 | 33,100 to 48,700 |
| Head chef and sous chef | SEK 39,900 | 34,900 to 47,000 |
| Sales and marketing assistant | SEK 39,300 | 29,000 to 53,800 |
| Painter | SEK 37,900 | 32,200 to 41,100 |
| Sheet metal worker | SEK 37,000 | 30,300 to 46,000 |
| Office assistant | SEK 35,900 | 28,000 to 45,700 |
| Construction machine operator | SEK 35,800 | 31,800 to 43,400 |
| Industrial painter | SEK 35,800 | 28,800 to 44,000 |
| CNC and machine tool operator | SEK 35,300 | 29,000 to 45,100 |
| Vehicle mechanic | SEK 35,000 | 27,300 to 44,400 |
| Truck driver | SEK 33,900 | 30,700 to 39,600 |
| Building caretaker | SEK 33,300 | 28,000 to 39,600 |
| Assembler | SEK 33,000 | 28,500 to 39,500 |
| Shop assistant | SEK 33,000 | 27,000 to 45,600 |
| Hairdresser | SEK 32,900 | 24,400 to 42,100 |
| Electronics assembler | SEK 32,800 | 27,400 to 39,700 |
| Grocery shop assistant | SEK 32,700 | 27,300 to 42,200 |
| Forestry worker | SEK 32,600 | 27,500 to 41,500 |
| Chef and cook | SEK 32,200 | 28,600 to 37,400 |
| Customer service agent | SEK 32,000 | 24,500 to 44,600 |
| Bartender | SEK 31,300 | 25,500 to 37,700 |
| Delivery and courier driver | SEK 31,200 | 16,400 to 36,400 |
| Window cleaner and car valeter | SEK 30,300 | 23,500 to 39,700 |
| Hotel receptionist | SEK 30,200 | 25,100 to 36,100 |
| Waiter and waitress | SEK 30,200 | 23,400 to 36,900 |
| Taxi and car driver | SEK 29,500 | 27,800 to 32,400 |
| Cashier | SEK 29,300 | 23,000 to 38,400 |
| Livestock and dairy worker | SEK 28,800 | 23,600 to 37,400 |
| Cleaner | SEK 28,500 | 25,100 to 31,800 |
| Kitchen and restaurant assistant | SEK 28,300 | 23,000 to 33,100 |
Before tax, 2025, all sectors, women and men. “Most earn” is the 10th to the 90th percentile. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), wage structure statistics.
Pay and tax in Sweden
Are salaries in Sweden given before or after tax?
Before tax. Swedish employers, job ads and Statistics Sweden always talk about the monthly salary before tax (bruttolön). Your employer takes the income tax off every month using the tax table for the municipality you live in, so what reaches your account is the salary after tax (nettolön).
How much tax do you pay on a salary in Sweden?
Most of it is municipal and regional tax, between about 29 and 36 per cent depending on where you live. On the part of a salary above a yearly threshold that only higher salaries reach, state income tax of 20 per cent is added. A tax reduction on earned income (jobbskatteavdrag) lowers the total, so on an average salary the tax withheld is about a fifth of the pay. The calculator on this page gives the exact amount.
Is there a minimum wage in Sweden?
No, there is no minimum wage set by law. Pay is set by collective agreements between unions and employers, which cover most jobs, and by your own contract. For a work permit, the Swedish Migration Agency requires a salary at a level it sets each year and terms at least as good as the collective agreement or what is usual in the trade.
What does an employer pay on top of my salary?
Employer social security contributions of 31.42 per cent on top of the salary, which fund your pension, parental leave and sick pay, and usually an occupational pension under the collective agreement. You do not pay these yourself.