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How much do motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified earn in Sweden?

Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified. 13,300 people employed in Sweden.

31,200SEK

per month is the median salary for motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified in Sweden in 2025. That is 19% lower than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+5.8% since 2024

≈ €2,750 / $3,200 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 25,172 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 180 SEK an hour · 374,400 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 2025, motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified in Sweden earned an average of 29,600 SEK per month. The median salary is 31,200 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 16,400 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 36,400 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
29,600 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
16,400 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
36,400 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
13,300
In this job in Sweden

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

16,400 SEKLowest 10%31,200 SEKMedian36,400 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 28,000–33,100 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified: 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 28,000 SEK a month on average — roughly 22,800 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 18–24 28,000 SEK 22,758 SEK
Average, aged 25–34 29,100 SEK 23,588 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 16,400 SEK 13,954 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 28,000 SEK 22,758 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.

Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified: pay in the private and public sector

What motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified 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 29,600 SEK 31,200 SEK 31,200 SEK 30,100 SEK
Private sector 29,100 SEK 30,800 SEK 31,100 SEK 29,900 SEK
Public sector 32,400 SEK 31,900 SEK 32,000 SEK 30,900 SEK
Central government 41,000 SEK 38,000 SEK 37,800 SEK –
Municipalities 32,600 SEK 32,000 SEK 32,200 SEK 31,100 SEK
Regions (health care) 30,400 SEK 30,100 SEK 30,200 SEK 29,600 SEK

Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified: salary after tax in Sweden

What motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 31,200 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 25,172 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

31,200 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 25,172 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 25,574 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 25,131 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 25,164 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 25,808 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 24,569 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 18–24 years, earn 28,000 SEK before tax — roughly 22,758 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 36,400 SEK, which is roughly 29,094 SEK after tax.

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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 15,000 40,000 Median pay Number
Men 31,200 SEK 11,800
Women 30,100 SEK –

Women's average salary is 97% 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.

Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified: salary by age

Pay for motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 15,000 40,000 Average pay Men Women Number
18–24 years 28,000 SEK 27,800 SEK 29,200 SEK –
25–34 years 29,100 SEK 29,000 SEK 29,900 SEK 3,100
35–44 years 28,800 SEK 28,700 SEK 29,400 SEK 2,500
45–54 years 31,800 SEK 31,800 SEK – –
55–64 years 31,900 SEK 31,900 SEK – 1,900

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 15,000 40,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Primary and secondary education less than 9 years (ISCED97 1) 28,600 SEK 28,600 SEK – 280
Primary and secondary education 9-10 years (ISCED97 2) 29,900 SEK 30,100 SEK – 1,700
Upper secondary education, 2 years or less (ISCED97 3C) 30,000 SEK 30,500 SEK – 2,900
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 31,400 SEK 31,400 SEK 31,300 SEK 5,100
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 27,800 SEK 27,800 SEK 27,500 SEK 1,600
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 26,300 SEK 26,300 SEK – 1,000
No information about level of educational attainment 23,300 SEK 23,100 SEK – 680

Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified: 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 15,000 40,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 24,400 SEK 24,300 SEK 25,900 SEK 3,800
East-Central Sweden 31,700 SEK 31,900 SEK 30,700 SEK –
Småland and islands 32,700 SEK 32,900 SEK – 590
South Sweden 31,400 SEK 31,500 SEK – –
West Sweden 32,800 SEK 32,900 SEK 32,300 SEK 710
North-Central Sweden 32,500 SEK 32,600 SEK – –
Upper Norrland 32,700 SEK 32,800 SEK – –

Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified: pay growth 2015–2025

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 23,500 SEK in 2015 to 31,200 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 8329, “övriga bil-, motorcykel- och cykelförare”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Bilförare
  • Biltestförare
  • Bröddistributör
  • Brödutkörare
  • Budbilschaufför
  • Budbilsförare
  • Budkörare
  • Cateringarbetare, distributör
  • Chaufför, budbil
  • Chaufför, skåpbil
  • Cykelbud
  • Distributionsmontör
  • Distributör, källvatten
  • Förare, minitåg
  • Leveransmontör
  • Minibusschaufför
  • Mopedbud
  • Motorcykelbud
  • Paketbilschaufför
  • Paketbilsförare
  • Personbilsförare
  • Provförare, motorfordon
  • Serviceman, catering
  • Skoterförare
  • Skåpbilschaufför
  • Stadsbud, bilförare
  • Testförare, bil
  • Vägtransportledare

Frequently asked questions

How much do motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified 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 31,200 SEK a month before tax, against 29,500 SEK the year before (2024) — +5.8%. 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 motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified in Sweden?

The median salary for motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified in Sweden is 31,200 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 motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified sit 19% lower than the typical job.

How much do motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified earn after tax?

The median salary for motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified is 31,200 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 25,200 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 motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified?

The average (29,600 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (31,200 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified typically earn.

What is the starting salary for motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified aged 18–24 years earn 28,000 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 16,400 SEK. More in the section “Motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified: starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 36,400 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 motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified in Sweden?

Women's average salary is 97% of men's in this job. The median salary is 31,200 SEK for men and 30,100 SEK for women. The figure is not adjusted for differences in age, sector or working hours.

Where in Sweden do motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified earn the most?

Pay is highest in West Sweden, where motorcycle, bicycle drivers and other automobile drivers not elsewhere classified earn 32,800 SEK per month on average.

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