Occupations requiring advanced level of higher education

Occupational field SSYK 2, 30 occupational groups and 110 jobs.

Occupations requiring advanced level of higher education covers 110 jobs in Statistics Sweden's salary statistics. The median job in the field earns 47,800 SEK per month, which is 25% higher than the median across all jobs in Sweden. Around 1,246,000 people work in the field.

For the occupations where the wage statistics report no count, the figure comes from Statistics Sweden's occupational register 2024.

Occupational groups

Jobs are divided into groups according to SSYK 2012, the Swedish version of ISCO-08.

Physicists and chemists 50,000 SEK
Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians 54,400 SEK
Biologists, pharmacologists and specialists in agriculture and forestry 46,300 SEK
Engineering professionals 53,900 SEK
Architects and surveyors 49,100 SEK
Designers 46,900 SEK
Specialists within environmental and health protection 45,000 SEK
Medical doctors 85,400 SEK
Nursing professionals 45,100 SEK
Nursing professionals (cont.) 46,200 SEK
Psychologists and psychotherapists 48,400 SEK
Veterinarians 53,000 SEK
Dentists 53,600 SEK
Naprapaths, physiotherapists, occupational therapists 40,000 SEK
Specialists in health care not elsewhere classified 43,000 SEK
University and higher education teachers 47,300 SEK
Vocational education teachers 43,000 SEK
Secondary education teachers 44,200 SEK
Primary- and pre-school teachers 40,000 SEK
Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified 42,500 SEK
Accountants, financial analysts and fund managers 54,500 SEK
Organisation analysts, policy administrators and human resource specialists 49,000 SEK
Marketing and public relations professionals 49,000 SEK
ICT architects, systems analysts and test managers 53,900 SEK
Legal professionals 57,100 SEK
Museum curators and librarians and related professionals 39,300 SEK
Authors, journalists and linguists 42,700 SEK
Creative and performing artists 41,800 SEK
Social work and counselling professionals 40,500 SEK
Religious professionals and deacons 48,600 SEK

Highest paid in occupations requiring advanced level of higher education

1 Specialist physician 96,800 SEK
2 Traders and fund administrators 86,500 SEK
3 Professors 77,800 SEK
4 Judges 76,000 SEK
5 Mathematicians and actuaries 73,800 SEK
6 Corporate lawyer 67,800 SEK
7 Financial and investment advisers 67,400 SEK
8 Lawyer 66,000 SEK
9 Prosecutors 63,000 SEK
10 Pharmacologists and related professionals 62,700 SEK

All jobs in this field

Software developer 113,100 employed 53,500 SEK
Primary school teacher 113,000 employed 42,100 SEK
Policy administration professionals 69,800 employed 46,100 SEK
Preschool teacher 58,300 employed 37,800 SEK
Nurse 52,100 employed 42,900 SEK
Management consultant 44,300 employed 53,700 SEK
Engineering professionals in electrical, electronics and telecommunications 39,900 employed 54,200 SEK
Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified 35,800 employed 56,600 SEK
Systems analyst and IT architect 28,500 employed 56,200 SEK
Specialist physician 27,700 employed 96,800 SEK
Upper secondary school teacher 27,000 employed 44,200 SEK
Marketing specialist 27,000 employed 53,000 SEK
Social worker 25,900 employed 41,200 SEK
HR specialist 25,700 employed 48,500 SEK
Engineering professionals in mechanical technology 22,900 employed 51,800 SEK
Public relations professionals 22,000 employed 46,000 SEK
Financial analyst 21,800 employed 55,100 SEK
Other IT specialist 20,000 employed 55,600 SEK
Recreation leaders 17,000 employed 36,600 SEK
Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified 16,900 employed 37,400 SEK
Special teachers and special needs teachers 15,200 employed 47,800 SEK
Engineering professionals in building construction 13,700 employed 51,300 SEK
Auditor 12,500 employed 47,600 SEK
Physiotherapist 12,400 employed 40,000 SEK
University and higher education lecturers 12,000 employed 55,500 SEK
Psychologist 11,300 employed 48,400 SEK
Vocational teacher 11,200 employed 43,000 SEK
Economists not elsewhere classified 11,000 employed 52,000 SEK
Counselling professionals 11,000 employed 41,400 SEK
Financial and investment advisers 10,700 employed 67,400 SEK
University and higher education teachers not elsewhere classified 10,400 employed 43,300 SEK
Resident physician 9,900 employed 56,300 SEK
Journalist 9,800 employed 43,700 SEK
PhD Students 9,200 employed 34,000 SEK
Other specialist nurses 8,800 employed 46,400 SEK
Occupational therapist 8,300 employed 39,700 SEK
Engineering professionals in logistics and production 8,200 employed 49,300 SEK
Nurses - geriatric 8,000 employed 45,000 SEK
Social work professions not elsewhere classified 7,800 employed 37,500 SEK
Corporate lawyer 7,700 employed 67,800 SEK
Librarian 7,700 employed 38,300 SEK
District nurses 7,600 employed 46,600 SEK
Legal professionals not elsewhere classified 7,600 employed 46,800 SEK
Architect 6,900 employed 50,300 SEK
IT security specialist 6,800 employed 49,000 SEK
System administrators 6,700 employed 52,500 SEK
Other physicians 6,200 employed 49,500 SEK
Midwife 6,200 employed 48,300 SEK
Assistance analysts 6,200 employed 39,400 SEK
Graphic designers 6,000 employed 43,600 SEK
Dentist 5,900 employed 53,600 SEK
Professors 5,400 employed 77,800 SEK
Musicians, singers and composers 5,000 employed 44,400 SEK
Engineering professionals in chemical technology 4,800 employed 52,600 SEK
Environmental protection professionals 4,700 employed 46,600 SEK
Management and organisation lawyers 4,700 employed 55,600 SEK
Game and digital media designers 4,600 employed 48,000 SEK
Security specialists (ICT) 4,300 employed 54,900 SEK
Nurses - school 4,200 employed 46,200 SEK
School counsellor 4,200 employed 41,400 SEK
Software and system tester 4,200 employed 52,300 SEK
Nurses - Ambulance 4,100 employed 49,200 SEK
Lawyer 4,100 employed 66,000 SEK
Nurses - children 4,000 employed 45,700 SEK
Chemists 3,800 employed 51,700 SEK
Environmental and occupational health inspectors 3,800 employed 41,400 SEK
Anaesthesia nurse 3,800 employed 50,000 SEK
Forestry professionals 3,700 employed 44,300 SEK
Product designers, industrial 3,600 employed 52,100 SEK
Nurses - Intensive care 3,600 employed 51,700 SEK
Architects, town and traffic planners 3,200 employed 47,700 SEK
Psychiatric nurse 3,200 employed 46,800 SEK
Specialist nurse 3,100 employed 51,100 SEK
Research assistants 3,100 employed 43,600 SEK
Pharmacist 3,000 employed –
Nurses - radiology 3,000 employed 42,700 SEK
Translator and interpreter 3,000 employed 39,600 SEK
Junior doctor 2,900 employed 39,700 SEK
Veterinarian 2,800 employed 53,000 SEK
Museum curators and related professionals 2,700 employed 41,200 SEK
Audiologist and speech therapist 2,600 employed 38,300 SEK
Fashion designers and related professionals 2,400 employed 49,400 SEK
Priest 2,300 employed 50,900 SEK
Traders and fund administrators 2,000 employed 86,500 SEK
Optician 2,000 employed 46,200 SEK
Geologists, geophysicists and related professionals 1,900 employed 48,400 SEK
Statisticians 1,900 employed 50,200 SEK
Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals 1,900 employed 51,300 SEK
Archaeologists and related professionals 1,900 employed 45,100 SEK
Physicists and astronomers 1,800 employed 51,200 SEK
Cell and molecular biologists and related professionals 1,800 employed 45,800 SEK
Judges 1,800 employed 76,000 SEK
Pharmacologists and related professionals 1,800 employed 62,700 SEK
Authors and related writers 1,600 employed 41,900 SEK
Economists and macro analyst 1,500 employed 56,500 SEK
Cartographers and surveyors 1,500 employed 49,200 SEK
Dietitian 1,400 employed 38,200 SEK
Film, stage and related directors and producers 1,400 employed 47,700 SEK
Health professionals not elsewhere classified 1,300 employed 42,400 SEK
Actors 1,200 employed 37,500 SEK
Agricultural professionals 1,100 employed 43,300 SEK
Deacons 1,100 employed 43,300 SEK
Psychotherapists 1,100 employed 48,100 SEK
Plant and animal biologists 950 employed 41,100 SEK
Company nurses 920 employed 44,800 SEK
Landscape architects 900 employed 45,300 SEK
Mathematicians and actuaries 710 employed 73,800 SEK
Prosecutors 640 employed 63,000 SEK
Engineering professionals in mining-, metallurgy technology and related professionals 320 employed 51,800 SEK
Meteorologists 130 employed 43,700 SEK