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Which jobs in Sweden pay well without a university degree?

Jobs in SSYK groups 4–9, which under the Swedish occupational classification require no higher education, sorted by median salary.

Well-paid jobs in Sweden without a degree

According to Statistics Sweden's 2025 salary structure statistics.

  1. 1 Mineral and stone processing plant operators 2,300 employed 49,400 SEK
  2. 2 Shot firers and blasters 1,400 employed 46,600 SEK
  3. 3 Train operator 6,100 employed 45,500 SEK
  4. 4 Paper pulp plant operators 2,400 employed 44,700 SEK
  5. 5 Stonemasons, stone cutters, splitters and carvers 710 employed 43,500 SEK
  6. 6 Insulation workers 2,400 employed 43,300 SEK
  7. 7 Electrical line installers and repairers 2,300 employed 42,900 SEK
  8. 8 Plumbing and central heating fitters 25,400 employed 42,700 SEK
  9. 9 Plumber 5,000 employed 42,400 SEK
  10. 10 Machine operators, chemical and photographic products 1,400 employed 42,400 SEK
  11. 11 Papermaking plant operators 6,100 employed 42,400 SEK
  12. 12 Bricklayers and related workers 8,800 employed 42,200 SEK
  13. 13 Miners and quarries workers 1,500 employed 42,100 SEK
  14. 14 Process control technicians not elsewhere classified 2,300 employed 41,400 SEK
  15. 15 Scaffold builders 3,900 employed 41,200 SEK
  16. 16 Electronics repairers and telecom electricians 9,300 employed 41,100 SEK
  17. 17 Warehouse and terminal supervisors 6,700 employed 40,800 SEK
  18. 18 Industrial electrician 8,900 employed 40,800 SEK
  19. 19 Metal melter and rolling-mill operators 4,200 employed 40,700 SEK
  20. 20 Crane, hoist and related plant operators 1,600 employed 40,500 SEK
  21. 21 Metal processing plant operators not elsewhere classified 8,900 employed 40,400 SEK
  22. 22 Carpenter 46,300 employed 40,300 SEK
  23. 23 Rail and road construction workers 16,500 employed 40,200 SEK
  24. 24 Transport coordinators 10,200 employed 40,100 SEK
  25. 25 Precision-instrument makers and repairers 3,000 employed 40,100 SEK
  26. 26 Concrete placers, concrete finishers and related workers 11,300 employed 40,000 SEK
  27. 27 Building frame and related trades workers not elsewhere classified 20,300 employed 40,000 SEK
  28. 28 Agricultural and industrial machinery mechanics and repairers 28,300 employed 40,000 SEK
  29. 29 Electrician 42,900 employed 40,000 SEK
  30. 30 Chemical processing plant controllers 6,500 employed 40,000 SEK
  31. 31 Dock labourers 2,800 employed 40,000 SEK
  32. 32 Machine operators, pharmaceutical products 3,700 employed 39,700 SEK
  33. 33 Back office-staff 2,900 employed 39,600 SEK
  34. 34 Construction labourers 7,500 employed 39,400 SEK
  35. 35 Market and sales assistants 8,800 employed 39,300 SEK
  36. 36 Ambulance attendant 1,300 employed 39,100 SEK
  37. 37 Power production and water treatment plant operators 10,400 employed 39,000 SEK
  38. 38 Metal production process controllers 2,100 employed 39,000 SEK
  39. 39 Railway, signal and switch operators 670 employed 38,900 SEK
  40. 40 Machine operators, paper products 4,200 employed 38,600 SEK
  41. 41 Payroll and personnel clerks 14,300 employed 38,500 SEK
  42. 42 Shopkeepers and shop supervisors, selling in stores 8,600 employed 38,400 SEK
  43. 43 Blacksmiths, hammersmiths and forging press workers 2,900 employed 38,400 SEK
  44. 44 Steel structure erectors and heavy plate workers 1,800 employed 38,300 SEK
  45. 45 Other food processors 990 employed 38,300 SEK
  46. 46 Painter and decorator 16,000 employed 37,900 SEK
  47. 47 Toolmakers and related workers 1,400 employed 37,800 SEK
  48. 48 Firefighter 5,700 employed 37,600 SEK
  49. 49 Finance assistant 31,700 employed 37,500 SEK
  50. 50 Purchasing and ordering assistants 5,900 employed 37,500 SEK

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