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Authors, journalists and linguists

Occupational group SSYK 264, 3 jobs.

Authors, journalists and linguists covers 3 jobs in Statistics Sweden's salary statistics. The median salary for the group is 42,700 SEK per month, which is 11% higher than the median across all jobs in Sweden. Around 14,400 people work in the group in total.

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

Average pay
44,700 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Median pay
42,700 SEK
The middle of the pay scale
Lowest 10%
32,900 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
59,300 SEK
Earn more than this

Authors, journalists and linguists: salaries

The jobs in the group that Statistics Sweden reports salaries for, highest median first. Salaries are gross monthly pay in kronor, before tax, converted to full time.

Monthly salary by job in authors, journalists and linguists
Job Median pay Lowest 10% Highest 10% Median after tax People employed
Journalist 43,700 SEK 33,300 SEK 60,200 SEK 34,289 SEK 9,800
Authors and related writers 41,900 SEK 32,000 SEK 56,000 SEK 33,077 SEK 1,600
Translator and interpreter 39,600 SEK 29,500 SEK 52,000 SEK 31,508 SEK 3,000

After tax is the median salary after tax in an average Swedish municipality, without church fee. A dash means Statistics Sweden does not report the figure, usually because too few people in the job were sampled.

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