Occupations requiring higher education qualifications or equivalent

Occupational field SSYK 3, 19 occupational groups and 61 jobs.

Occupations requiring higher education qualifications or equivalent covers 61 jobs in Statistics Sweden's salary statistics. The median job in the field earns 41,700 SEK per month, which is 9% higher than the median across all jobs in Sweden. Around 595,000 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.

Physical and engineering science technicians 47,000 SEK
Construction and manufacturing supervisors 49,100 SEK
Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians 59,400 SEK
Medical and pharmaceutical technicians 40,900 SEK
Veterinary assistants 33,500 SEK
Dental hygienists 42,200 SEK
Financial and accounting associate professionals 44,100 SEK
Insurance advisers, sales and purchasing agents 48,000 SEK
Business services agents 39,900 SEK
Administrative and specialized secretaries 41,000 SEK
Tax and related government associate professionals 37,700 SEK
Police officers 43,300 SEK
Social work and religious associate professionals 36,200 SEK
Athletes, fitness instructors and recreational workers 33,400 SEK
Photographers, interior decorators and entertainers 35,200 SEK
Driving instructors and other instructors 38,400 SEK
Culinary associate professionals 39,800 SEK
ICT operations and user support technicians 42,500 SEK
Broadcasting and audio-visual technicians 38,700 SEK

Highest paid in occupations requiring higher education qualifications or equivalent

1 Air traffic controller 92,700 SEK
2 Airline pilot 70,700 SEK
3 Ships deck officers 51,800 SEK
4 Aircraft maintenance technician 51,600 SEK
5 Construction and mining supervisors 50,400 SEK
6 Sales representative 50,300 SEK
7 Ships engineers 50,100 SEK
8 Electronics engineering technician 49,500 SEK
9 Civil engineering technician 49,400 SEK
10 Buyers and purchasers 49,200 SEK

All jobs in this field

Sales representative 80,800 employed 50,300 SEK
Accountant 32,000 employed 44,600 SEK
Civil engineering technician 25,600 employed 49,400 SEK
Electronics engineering technician 25,600 employed 49,500 SEK
Mechanical engineering technician 25,000 employed 45,500 SEK
Buyers and purchasers 23,200 employed 49,200 SEK
Bank clerk 22,500 employed 43,700 SEK
Administrative secretaries and related associate professionals 20,200 employed 37,800 SEK
Police officer 19,400 employed 43,300 SEK
Technicians not elsewhere classified 19,300 employed 44,500 SEK
Orders coordinator 18,500 employed 38,800 SEK
Sports coachers and instructors 16,200 employed 33,900 SEK
Social work associate professionals 15,800 employed 36,700 SEK
Construction and mining supervisors 15,600 employed 50,400 SEK
ICT support technicians 15,600 employed 38,500 SEK
Recreation and related associate professionals 14,700 employed 32,600 SEK
ICT operations technicians 13,300 employed 42,500 SEK
Insurance sellers and insurance advisers 11,100 employed 48,400 SEK
Chemical and physical science technicians 10,300 employed 41,000 SEK
Government social benefits officials 10,000 employed 36,000 SEK
Industrial, logistics and production planning engineering technicians 9,500 employed 44,800 SEK
Network and systems technician 9,300 employed 48,400 SEK
Biomedical scientist 8,500 employed 39,000 SEK
Manufacturing supervisors 8,400 employed 46,300 SEK
Employment officers 7,600 employed 36,200 SEK
Administrative and specialized secretaries 7,600 employed 39,300 SEK
Real estate administrators 7,500 employed 48,200 SEK
Claims assessor and valuers 6,200 employed 41,700 SEK
Office supervisors 6,200 employed 48,000 SEK
Other teaching associate professionals 6,000 employed 40,300 SEK
Real estate agent 5,800 employed 45,000 SEK
Prescriptionists 5,800 employed 45,200 SEK
Forwarding agents and transport brokers 5,500 employed 38,600 SEK
Fire and building inspectors 4,600 employed 40,700 SEK
System administrators 4,500 employed 45,800 SEK
Business services agents not elsewhere classified 4,100 employed 40,900 SEK
Safety and quality inspectors 4,000 employed 37,400 SEK
Chemical engineering technicians 4,000 employed 45,600 SEK
Chefs and sous-chefs 4,000 employed 39,900 SEK
Dental hygienist 3,700 employed 42,200 SEK
Tax officials 3,500 employed 37,000 SEK
Dental and orthopaedic technicians 3,000 employed 40,000 SEK
Photographer 3,000 employed 37,900 SEK
Event and travel planners 2,900 employed 38,400 SEK
Legal secretaries 2,900 employed 35,600 SEK
Light, sound and stage technicians 2,900 employed 37,900 SEK
Veterinary nurse 2,800 employed 33,500 SEK
Wellness consultants and health educators 2,400 employed 35,500 SEK
Medical imaging and therapeutic equipment technicians 1,900 employed 33,900 SEK
Customs and coastguard officer 1,800 employed 42,000 SEK
GIS and cartographic engineers 1,600 employed 41,000 SEK
Webmasters and web administrators 1,600 employed 44,000 SEK
Broadcast and AV technician 1,400 employed 39,600 SEK
Airline pilot 1,200 employed 70,700 SEK
Stage managers and related associate professionals 940 employed 35,500 SEK
Ships deck officers 880 employed 51,800 SEK
Air traffic controller 810 employed 92,700 SEK
Mining and metallurgical technicians 600 employed –
Catering directors 490 employed –
Aircraft maintenance technician 450 employed 51,600 SEK
Ships engineers 440 employed 50,100 SEK