Skip to content
lonen.se

How much do ships deck officers earn in Sweden?

Ships deck officers. 880 people employed in Sweden.

51,800SEK

per month is the median salary for ships deck officers in Sweden in 2025. That is 35% higher than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+5.7% since 2024

≈ €4,600 / $5,350 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 39,742 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 299 SEK an hour · 621,600 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.

The mean monthly salary for ships deck officers in Sweden is 52,800 SEK (2025). The median salary is 51,800 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 42,000 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 66,400 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
52,800 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
42,000 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
66,400 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
880
In this job in Sweden

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among ships deck officers in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

42,000 SEKLowest 10%51,800 SEKMedian66,400 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 47,900–59,000 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Ships deck officers pay in the private and public sector

What ships deck officers 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 52,800 SEK 51,800 SEK 52,000 SEK –
Private sector 48,600 SEK 47,900 SEK 48,600 SEK –
Public sector 55,100 SEK 53,800 SEK 53,800 SEK 53,000 SEK
Central government 55,100 SEK 53,800 SEK 53,800 SEK 53,000 SEK

Ships deck officers salary after tax in Sweden

What ships deck officers actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 51,800 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 39,742 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

51,800 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 39,742 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 40,528 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 39,661 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 39,727 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 41,014 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 38,536 SEK
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 66,400 SEK, which is roughly 47,299 SEK after tax.

Calculate the salary after tax for ships deck officers

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

And if the job goes? Work out unemployment benefit for ships deck officers

Ships deck officers salary by age

Pay for ships deck officers normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 40,000 60,000 Average pay Men Women Number
35–44 years 51,800 SEK 51,900 SEK – 230
45–54 years 55,300 SEK 55,200 SEK – 260
55–64 years 54,600 SEK 54,500 SEK – 230

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 40,000 60,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 48,500 SEK 48,900 SEK – 260
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 55,400 SEK 55,400 SEK – 520

Ships deck officers 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 40,000 60,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 50,400 SEK 50,400 SEK – 370
West Sweden 54,100 SEK 54,400 SEK – 270

Ships deck officers 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 42,700 SEK in 2015 to 51,800 SEK in 2025, +21% 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.

Guess the salary for another job

Think you know what people earn? Guess the Salary gives you five jobs a day and asks you to guess the monthly salary as closely as you can.

Play today's round

Swedish job titles in this occupation

Statistics Sweden files the following Swedish job titles under SSYK 3152, “fartygsbefäl m.fl.”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Befälhavare, fartyg
  • Bogserbåtsbefälhavare
  • Båtman, sjöfartsverket
  • Driftledare, nautisk
  • Endestyrman
  • Fartygsbefäl
  • Fartygsbefälsassistent
  • Fartygschef
  • Fartygsstyrman
  • Färjförare
  • Färjskeppare
  • Hamnlots
  • Hamnstyrman
  • Kapten, fartyg
  • Lots, fartyg
  • Lotsförman
  • Lotskapten
  • Lotsplatschef
  • Mästerlots
  • Nautiker
  • Nautisk driftledare
  • Sjökapten
  • Skeppare
  • Styrman, fartyg
  • VTS-lots
  • Överstyrman

Frequently asked questions

How much do ships deck officers 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 51,800 SEK a month before tax, against 49,000 SEK the year before (2024) — +5.7%. 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 ships deck officers in Sweden?

The median salary for ships deck officers in Sweden is 51,800 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 ships deck officers sit 35% higher than the typical job.

How much do ships deck officers earn after tax?

The median salary for ships deck officers is 51,800 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 39,700 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 ships deck officers?

The average (52,800 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (51,800 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what ships deck officers typically earn.

How high can the salary go for ships deck officers?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 66,400 SEK per month. Pay is shaped by sector, experience, level of education and where in the country you work.

Where in Sweden do ships deck officers earn the most?

Pay is highest in West Sweden, where ships deck officers earn 54,100 SEK per month on average.

Jobs with similar pay

Other jobs in ship and aircraft controllers and technicians

See the whole occupational group Ship and aircraft controllers and technicians or occupations requiring higher education qualifications or equivalent