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How much do medical secretaries and related associate professionals earn in Sweden?

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals. 18,000 people employed in Sweden.

32,400SEK

per month is the median salary for medical secretaries and related associate professionals in Sweden in 2025. That is 15% lower than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+3.2% since 2024

≈ €2,850 / $3,350 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 26,077 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 187 SEK an hour · 388,800 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.

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals earn 32,900 SEK per month on average in Sweden (2025). The median salary is 32,400 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 28,200 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 38,000 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
32,900 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
28,200 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
38,000 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
18,000
In this job in Sweden

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among medical secretaries and related associate professionals in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

28,200 SEKLowest 10%32,400 SEKMedian38,000 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 30,000–34,900 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals 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 29,400 SEK a month on average — roughly 23,800 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 18–24 29,400 SEK 23,814 SEK
Average, aged 25–34 30,500 SEK 24,644 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 28,200 SEK 22,909 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 30,000 SEK 24,267 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.

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals pay in the private and public sector

What medical secretaries and related associate professionals 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 32,900 SEK 32,400 SEK 31,100 SEK 32,400 SEK
Private sector 34,600 SEK 33,900 SEK – 33,900 SEK
Public sector 32,500 SEK 32,000 SEK 30,100 SEK 32,000 SEK
Municipalities 35,000 SEK 34,700 SEK 34,500 SEK 34,700 SEK
Regions (health care) 32,400 SEK 32,000 SEK 29,900 SEK 32,000 SEK

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals salary after tax in Sweden

What medical secretaries and related associate professionals actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 32,400 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 26,077 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

32,400 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 26,077 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 26,498 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 26,035 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 26,069 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 26,744 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 25,445 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 18–24 years, earn 29,400 SEK before tax — roughly 23,814 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 38,000 SEK, which is roughly 30,301 SEK after tax.

Calculate the salary after tax for medical secretaries and related associate professionals

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 27,500 37,500 Median pay Number
Men 31,100 SEK 560
Women 32,400 SEK 17,400

Women's average salary is 101% 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.

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals salary by age

Pay for medical secretaries and related associate professionals normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 27,500 37,500 Average pay Men Women Number
18–24 years 29,400 SEK – 28,700 SEK 340
25–34 years 30,500 SEK 30,500 SEK 30,500 SEK 2,100
35–44 years 31,600 SEK 32,100 SEK 31,600 SEK 4,200
45–54 years 33,300 SEK – 33,300 SEK 4,700
55–64 years 34,200 SEK – 34,200 SEK 5,800

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 27,500 37,500 Average pay Men Women Number
Primary and secondary education 9-10 years (ISCED97 2) 32,300 SEK – 32,300 SEK 200
Upper secondary education, 2 years or less (ISCED97 3C) 34,400 SEK – 34,400 SEK 2,300
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 34,000 SEK 31,700 SEK 34,100 SEK 4,700
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 31,900 SEK 31,800 SEK 31,900 SEK 8,900
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 32,700 SEK 34,000 SEK 32,600 SEK 1,900

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals 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 27,500 37,500 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 34,700 SEK – 34,700 SEK 3,300
East-Central Sweden 32,300 SEK – 32,300 SEK 3,000
Småland and islands 32,100 SEK – 32,100 SEK 1,700
South Sweden 33,000 SEK – 33,000 SEK 2,600
West Sweden 32,800 SEK 31,400 SEK 32,900 SEK 4,200
North-Central Sweden 31,800 SEK – 31,800 SEK 1,400
Central Norrland 31,700 SEK – 31,800 SEK 840
Upper Norrland 32,300 SEK – 32,300 SEK 920

Medical secretaries and related associate professionals 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 24,300 SEK in 2014 to 32,400 SEK in 2025, +33% 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 4117, “medicinska sekreterare, vårdadministratörer m.fl.”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Expeditionsföreståndare, sjukvård
  • Klinikadministratör
  • Klinikassistent
  • Kliniksekreterare
  • Läkarsekreterare
  • Medicinsk sekreterare
  • Teamsekreterare
  • Teamsekreterare, sjukvård
  • Vårdadministratör, medicinsk sekreterare

Frequently asked questions

How much do medical secretaries and related associate professionals 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 32,400 SEK a month before tax, against 31,400 SEK the year before (2024) — +3.2%. 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 medical secretaries and related associate professionals in Sweden?

The median salary for medical secretaries and related associate professionals in Sweden is 32,400 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 medical secretaries and related associate professionals sit 15% lower than the typical job.

How much do medical secretaries and related associate professionals earn after tax?

The median salary for medical secretaries and related associate professionals is 32,400 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 26,100 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 medical secretaries and related associate professionals?

The average (32,900 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (32,400 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what medical secretaries and related associate professionals typically earn.

What is the starting salary for medical secretaries and related associate professionals in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: medical secretaries and related associate professionals aged 18–24 years earn 29,400 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 28,200 SEK. More in the section “Medical secretaries and related associate professionals starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for medical secretaries and related associate professionals?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 38,000 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 medical secretaries and related associate professionals in Sweden?

Women's average salary is 101% of men's in this job. The median salary is 31,100 SEK for men and 32,400 SEK for women. The figure is not adjusted for differences in age, sector or working hours.

Where in Sweden do medical secretaries and related associate professionals earn the most?

Pay is highest in Stockholm, where medical secretaries and related associate professionals earn 34,700 SEK per month on average.

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