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How much do electrical line installers and repairers earn in Sweden?

Electrical line installers and repairers. 2,300 people employed in Sweden.

42,900SEK

per month is the median salary for electrical line installers and repairers in Sweden in 2025. That is 12% higher than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+4.4% since 2024

≈ €3,800 / $4,400 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 33,750 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 248 SEK an hour · 514,800 SEK a year

The hourly figure is the monthly salary divided by 173.3 hours (40 hours a week × 52 weeks / 12 months); the yearly figure is twelve times the monthly salary.

In the 2025 salary statistics, electrical line installers and repairers earned 42,900 SEK a month on average in Sweden. The median salary is 42,900 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 34,200 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 52,600 SEK.

Figures are gross monthly salary before tax, converted to full time. Income tax in Sweden is roughly 30–34% for most earners, plus a national surtax on income above about 51,000 SEK a month.

Average pay
42,900 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
34,200 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
52,600 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
2,300
Statistics Sweden's occupational register 2024

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among electrical line installers and repairers in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

34,200 SEKLowest 10%42,900 SEKMedian52,600 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 38,700–45,100 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Electrical line installers and repairers starting salary

Statistics Sweden publishes no starting-salary figures. The closest proxies are what the youngest people in the job earn and where the lower end of the pay distribution sits.

The youngest in the job, aged 18–24, earn 38,600 SEK a month on average — roughly 30,800 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 18–24 38,600 SEK 30,754 SEK
Average, aged 25–34 41,000 SEK 32,471 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 34,200 SEK 27,435 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 38,700 SEK 30,829 SEK

These are proxies, not starting salaries. An age band holds both people who have just started and people ten years into the job, and the lowest paid are not always newcomers. The collective-agreement minimum and an individual offer can sit above or below.

Electrical line installers and repairers pay in the private and public sector

What electrical line installers and repairers earn depends a great deal on who the employer is.

Monthly salary by sector and gender
Sector Average pay Median pay Men Women
All sectors 42,900 SEK 42,900 SEK 43,200 SEK –
Private sector 42,900 SEK 42,900 SEK 43,200 SEK –

Electrical line installers and repairers salary after tax in Sweden

What electrical line installers and repairers actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 42,900 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 33,750 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

42,900 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 33,750 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 34,354 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 33,688 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 33,739 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 34,715 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 32,835 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 18–24 years, earn 38,600 SEK before tax — roughly 30,754 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 52,600 SEK, which is roughly 40,281 SEK after tax.

Calculate the salary after tax for electrical line installers and repairers

The figures assume an average municipality, no church fee and an age under 66. The calculator takes your own municipality into account.

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Electrical line installers and repairers salary by age

Pay for electrical line installers and repairers normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 35,000 50,000 Average pay Men Women Number
18–24 years 38,600 SEK 38,900 SEK – –
25–34 years 41,000 SEK 41,100 SEK – –
35–44 years 45,400 SEK 45,500 SEK – –
45–54 years 44,900 SEK 45,000 SEK – –
55–64 years 46,500 SEK 48,200 SEK – –

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 35,000 50,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Upper secondary education, 2 years or less (ISCED97 3C) 45,800 SEK 45,800 SEK – –
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 42,300 SEK 42,600 SEK – –
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 44,900 SEK 46,300 SEK – 320

Electrical line installers and repairers salary by region

Statistics Sweden reports pay by job at the level of national areas (NUTS 2), not by county.

Monthly salary by region
Region 35,000 50,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 46,300 SEK 46,500 SEK – 660
East-Central Sweden 39,500 SEK 40,100 SEK – –
West Sweden 41,400 SEK 42,700 SEK – –
North-Central Sweden 40,900 SEK 40,900 SEK – –
Upper Norrland 42,700 SEK – – 110

Electrical line installers and repairers pay growth 2014–2025

Median salary per year. Years with no reported median are skipped. The dashed line marks the break between the older and the newer series at Statistics Sweden; comparisons across it should be made with care.

From 30,600 SEK in 2014 to 42,900 SEK in 2025, +40% in total. Nominal figures, not adjusted for inflation. The lighter part of the line, the years before 2023, comes from an older set of statistics at Statistics Sweden and is not fully comparable with the later years.

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Swedish job titles in this occupation

Statistics Sweden files the following Swedish job titles under SSYK 7413, “distributionselektriker”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Distributionselektriker
  • Driftmontör, elkraft
  • Elektriker, distribution
  • Ellinjemontör
  • Elmontör, linjemontör
  • Elreparatör, distribution
  • Elverksmontör
  • Kabelläggare
  • Kabelmontör, elkraft
  • Kabeloperatör, linjemontör
  • Kabelreparatör
  • Linjemontör, elkraft
  • Linjemästare, elkraft
  • Linjereparatör, elkraft
  • Servicetekniker, elkraft
  • Stationsmontör, elkraft
  • Ställverksmontör
  • Övermontör, elkraft

Frequently asked questions

How much do electrical line installers and repairers earn in 2026?

The latest figures are Statistics Sweden's salary structure statistics for 2025, published on 16 June 2026. The median salary was then 42,900 SEK a month before tax, against 41,100 SEK the year before (2024) — +4.4%. Figures for 2026 are normally published in June 2027; until then the 2025 figures are the latest there are, and we do not project our own.

What is the median salary for electrical line installers and repairers in Sweden?

The median salary for electrical line installers and repairers in Sweden is 42,900 SEK per month before tax (2025). That means half earn less and half earn more. The median across all jobs in Sweden is 38,300 SEK, so electrical line installers and repairers sit 12% higher than the typical job.

How much do electrical line installers and repairers earn after tax?

The median salary for electrical line installers and repairers is 42,900 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 33,800 SEK after tax. The exact figure depends on which municipality you live in — our salary-after-tax calculator works it out.

What is the difference between average and median pay for electrical line installers and repairers?

The average (42,900 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (42,900 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what electrical line installers and repairers typically earn.

What is the starting salary for electrical line installers and repairers in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: electrical line installers and repairers aged 18–24 years earn 38,600 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 34,200 SEK. More in the section “Electrical line installers and repairers starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for electrical line installers and repairers?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 52,600 SEK per month. Pay is shaped by sector, experience, level of education and where in the country you work.

Where in Sweden do electrical line installers and repairers earn the most?

Pay is highest in Stockholm, where electrical line installers and repairers earn 46,300 SEK per month on average.

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