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How much do machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products earn in Sweden?

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products. 4,400 people employed in Sweden.

34,600SEK

per month is the median salary for machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products in Sweden in 2025. That is 10% lower than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

≈ €3,050 / $3,550 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 27,737 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 200 SEK an hour · 415,200 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.

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products earn 35,200 SEK per month on average in Sweden (2025). The median salary is 34,600 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 26,800 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 43,400 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
35,200 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
26,800 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
43,400 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
4,400
Statistics Sweden's occupational register 2024

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

26,800 SEKLowest 10%34,600 SEKMedian43,400 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 30,100–38,600 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products: 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 33,300 SEK a month on average — roughly 26,800 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 18–24 33,300 SEK 26,756 SEK
Average, aged 25–34 34,500 SEK 27,661 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 26,800 SEK 21,853 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 30,100 SEK 24,342 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.

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products: pay in the private and public sector

What machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products 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 35,200 SEK 34,600 SEK 33,900 SEK 35,500 SEK
Private sector 35,200 SEK 34,600 SEK 33,900 SEK 35,500 SEK

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products: salary after tax in Sweden

What machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 34,600 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 27,737 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

34,600 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 27,737 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 28,193 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 27,690 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 27,728 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 28,460 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 27,050 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 18–24 years, earn 33,300 SEK before tax — roughly 26,756 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 43,400 SEK, which is roughly 34,087 SEK after tax.

Calculate the salary after tax for machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products

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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Pay for men and women

Median salary for men and women
Gender 30,000 45,000 Median pay Number
Men 33,900 SEK 2,900
Women 35,500 SEK 1,500

Women's average salary is 104% of men's average salary in this job.

Statistics Sweden calculates the ratio on average monthly salary, while the table above shows median salaries, so the two do not line up exactly. The figure is also unadjusted: it does not account for differences in age, sector or position.

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products: salary by age

Pay for machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 30,000 45,000 Average pay Men Women Number
18–24 years 33,300 SEK 32,600 SEK 35,100 SEK –
25–34 years 34,500 SEK 34,000 SEK 37,100 SEK –
35–44 years 36,700 SEK 36,800 SEK 36,600 SEK 640
45–54 years 35,500 SEK 34,900 SEK 37,400 SEK –
55–64 years 37,500 SEK 38,100 SEK 36,500 SEK –

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 30,000 45,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Primary and secondary education 9-10 years (ISCED97 2) 34,400 SEK 33,800 SEK – –
Upper secondary education, 2 years or less (ISCED97 3C) 36,600 SEK 37,200 SEK 35,100 SEK 790
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 34,300 SEK 33,700 SEK 36,300 SEK –
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 36,400 SEK 36,300 SEK – –
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 38,600 SEK – – 200

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products: 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 30,000 45,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 32,500 SEK 32,000 SEK 35,500 SEK –
East-Central Sweden 38,800 SEK 39,400 SEK 37,800 SEK –
South Sweden 36,600 SEK 36,800 SEK 36,100 SEK 840
West Sweden 38,100 SEK 38,200 SEK 37,800 SEK 670
Upper Norrland 36,900 SEK 36,600 SEK – –

Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products: 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 27,500 SEK in 2014 to 34,600 SEK in 2025, +26% 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 8163, “maskinoperatörer, kvarn-, bageri- och konfektyrindustri”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Avsynare, konfektyr
  • Bageriarbetare
  • Chokladarbetare
  • Dragist, sötvaror
  • Formare, choklad
  • Gelatinarbetare
  • Industribagare
  • Karamellarbetare
  • Karamellformare
  • Karamellkokare
  • Kokare, sötvaror
  • Konfektyrarbetare
  • Kvarnarbetare
  • Kvarnmaskinskötare
  • Kvarnoperatör
  • Livsmedelsarbetare, bageri
  • Marsipanberedare
  • Maskinoperatör spannmål
  • Maskinoperatör, bageri
  • Maskinoperatör, foder
  • Maskinoperatör, kvarnindustri
  • Maskinoperatör, livsmedelsindustri, bageri och konfektyr
  • Maskinoperatör, livsmedelsindustri, kvarn
  • Maskinoperatör, pastatillverkning
  • Maskinskötare, bageri
  • Maskinskötare, brödfabrik
  • Mjölnare
  • Nibsberedare
  • Processoperatör, konfektyr
  • Processoperatör, kvarn
  • Siloarbetare
  • Silooperatör
  • Spannmålsarbetare
  • Spannmålstorkare
  • Spisbrödsarbetare
  • Torkskötare, kvarn
  • Trågare
  • Ugnsarbetare, bageri

Frequently asked questions

How much do machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products 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 34,600 SEK a month before tax. 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 machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products in Sweden?

The median salary for machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products in Sweden is 34,600 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 machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products sit 10% lower than the typical job.

How much do machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products earn after tax?

The median salary for machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products is 34,600 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 27,700 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 machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products?

The average (35,200 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (34,600 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products typically earn.

What is the starting salary for machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products aged 18–24 years earn 33,300 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 26,800 SEK. More in the section “Machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products: starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 43,400 SEK per month. Pay is shaped by sector, experience, level of education and where in the country you work.

Is there a gender pay gap among machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products in Sweden?

Women's average salary is 104% of men's in this job. The median salary is 33,900 SEK for men and 35,500 SEK for women. The figure is not adjusted for differences in age, sector or working hours.

Where in Sweden do machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products earn the most?

Pay is highest in East-Central Sweden, where machine operators, baked-goods, cereal and chocolate-products earn 38,800 SEK per month on average.

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