What are the average salaries in Sweden ?

Average salaries in Sweden are not so high as someone would expect, having in mind cost of living. In comparison to other European countries and United Stated, there is a more even distribution of average income between industries and occupations. Therefore there are no big discrepancies between salaries of medical doctors and programmers for example.

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Swedish Statistics office (SCB) monitors average salaries in Sweden, and here is the list of average salaries by the branch of industry in Sweden in 2017, recalculated to EUR and USD values.

Branch of industry Average monthly Salary
SEK EUR USD
Total 39407 4065 4850
Mining and quarrying 43566 4494 5362
Manufacturing 42517 4386 5233
Engineering industry 42917 4427 5282
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply 40387 4166 4970
Water supply; sewerage, waste management 38914 4014 4789
Construction 40746 4203 5015
Wholesale and and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles 38630 3985 4754
Transportation and logistics 34369 3545 4230
Accommodation, hospitality and food service activities 34043 3512 4190
Information and communication 44147 4554 5433
Financial and insurance activities 45863 4731 5644
Real estate activities 40507 4178 4985
Professional, scientific and technical activities 42188 4352 5192
Administrative and support services 31473 3246 3873
Education 30905 3188 3803
Human health and social work 35250 3636 4338
Arts, entertainment and recreation 32086 3310 3949
Other service activities 34963 3606 4303
Source: SCB, 30 Aug 2017

As you may see in the table above, professionals working in Financial Services and Mining and Manufacturing earn the most, while education professionals bring home smallest paychecks.

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If you want to know the exact average salary for a particular profession you can consult the table below, where we have provided average salaries recalculated to EUR values.

ccupationOccupation Monthly Salary
(SEK)
Monthly Salary
(EUR)
Veterinarian 50600 5219
Dentists 50600 5219
Doctors 50600 5219
Pilot 48200 4972
Lawyer 40700 4198
Civil economist 38600 3982
Computer Programmer 38400 3961
Master 38000 3920
Researcher 35600 3672
Brokers 34700 3579
Journalist 32100 3311
Author 32100 3311
IT professionals 30400 3136
Psychologist 28000 2888
Nurse 27800 2868
Secondary school teachers 27300 2816
Opticians 26200 2703
Primary school teachers 25700 2651
HVAC technician 24700 2548
Painter 23600 2434
Tailors 21600 2228
Stockman 20200 2084
Source: lostinstockholm.com

 

As in the most other countries, doctors bring their home biggest paychecks, whole logistic workers and tailors earn around EUR 2000 which is not so much for Swedish cost of living.