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How much does a truck driver earn in Sweden?

Heavy truck and lorry drivers. 62,100 people employed in Sweden.

33,900SEK

per month is the median salary for a truck driver in Sweden in 2025. That is 11% lower than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+3.4% since 2024

≈ €3,000 / $3,500 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 27,209 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 196 SEK an hour · 406,800 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.

The mean monthly salary for a truck driver in Sweden is 34,600 SEK (2025). The median salary is 33,900 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 30,700 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 39,600 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
34,600 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
30,700 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
39,600 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
62,100
In this job in Sweden

Truck drivers transport goods, from urban distribution to long-haul and specialist loads such as tankers, timber trucks and concrete mixers. The job requires a category C or CE licence and a Certificate of Professional Competence (YKB), which must be renewed at regular intervals. Training often takes place on the vehicle and transport programme at upper secondary school or in adult education. Most drivers work for private hauliers and transport companies, and pay varies with the type of transport and experience.

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among heavy truck and lorry drivers in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

30,700 SEKLowest 10%33,900 SEKMedian39,600 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 32,200–36,400 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Truck driver 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 33,700 SEK a month on average — roughly 27,100 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 18–24 33,700 SEK 27,058 SEK
Average, aged 25–34 35,100 SEK 28,114 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 30,700 SEK 24,795 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 32,200 SEK 25,926 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.

Truck driver pay in the private and public sector

What heavy truck and lorry drivers 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 34,600 SEK 33,900 SEK 34,000 SEK 33,500 SEK
Private sector 34,600 SEK 33,900 SEK 34,000 SEK 33,500 SEK
Public sector 32,000 SEK 32,100 SEK 32,400 SEK 31,700 SEK
Municipalities 32,000 SEK 32,100 SEK 32,400 SEK 31,700 SEK

Truck driver salary after tax in Sweden

What heavy truck and lorry drivers actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 33,900 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 27,209 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

33,900 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 27,209 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 27,654 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 27,163 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 27,200 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 27,914 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 26,539 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 18–24 years, earn 33,700 SEK before tax — roughly 27,058 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 39,600 SEK, which is roughly 31,508 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 30,000 40,000 Median pay Number
Men 34,000 SEK 55,600
Women 33,500 SEK 6,600

Women's average salary is 98% 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.

Truck driver salary by age

Pay for heavy truck and lorry drivers normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 30,000 40,000 Average pay Men Women Number
18–24 years 33,700 SEK 34,000 SEK 32,600 SEK 8,300
25–34 years 35,100 SEK 35,300 SEK 34,500 SEK 11,800
35–44 years 34,400 SEK 34,400 SEK 34,300 SEK 16,300
45–54 years 34,800 SEK 34,900 SEK – 11,800
55–64 years 34,700 SEK 34,700 SEK – 11,200

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 30,000 40,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Primary and secondary education less than 9 years (ISCED97 1) 30,600 SEK 30,600 SEK – –
Primary and secondary education 9-10 years (ISCED97 2) 34,700 SEK 34,700 SEK – 7,700
Upper secondary education, 2 years or less (ISCED97 3C) 34,700 SEK 34,700 SEK 35,000 SEK 18,400
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 34,800 SEK 35,000 SEK 33,600 SEK 29,000
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 34,500 SEK 34,500 SEK – 3,300
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 32,700 SEK 32,600 SEK – –
No information about level of educational attainment 35,600 SEK 35,600 SEK – –

Truck driver 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 40,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 34,300 SEK 34,400 SEK – –
East-Central Sweden 34,800 SEK 35,000 SEK 33,700 SEK –
Småland and islands 33,700 SEK 33,700 SEK 34,100 SEK –
South Sweden 35,000 SEK 35,100 SEK 35,000 SEK –
West Sweden 34,700 SEK 34,700 SEK 34,300 SEK –
North-Central Sweden 35,600 SEK 35,600 SEK – –
Central Norrland 32,700 SEK 34,300 SEK – –
Upper Norrland 35,300 SEK 35,000 SEK 37,800 SEK –

Truck driver 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 25,700 SEK in 2014 to 33,900 SEK in 2025, +32% 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 8332, “lastbilsförare m.fl.”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Betongbilsförare
  • Betongpumpförare
  • Bilbärgare
  • Billots
  • Bohags- och flyttbilsförare
  • Bokbussförare
  • Bulkbilsförare
  • Bärgare
  • Chaufför, lastbil
  • Chaufför, långtradare
  • Distributionschaufför
  • Djurtransportförare
  • Dragbilsförare
  • Dumperförare
  • Fjärrbilsförare
  • Kranbilsförare
  • Lastbilschaufför
  • Lastbilsförare
  • Liftdumper- och lastväxlarförare
  • Lots, bil-
  • Långtradarchaufför
  • Renhållningsarbetare, lastbilsförare
  • Renhållningsarbetare, renhållningsförare
  • Renhållningsförare
  • Skogstransportförare
  • Slamsugare
  • Sopbilsförare
  • Sopåkare
  • Specialtransportförare
  • Spolbilsförare
  • Sug- och spolbilsförare
  • Tankbilschaufför
  • Tankbilsförare
  • Testförare, lastbil
  • Timmerbilschaufför
  • Timmerbilsförare
  • Utkörare, försäljning
  • Utlandsförare, lastbil
  • Vägassistansförare
  • Åkare
  • Ölutkörare

Frequently asked questions

How much does a truck driver 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 33,900 SEK a month before tax, against 32,800 SEK the year before (2024) — +3.4%. 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 a truck driver in Sweden?

The median salary for a truck driver in Sweden is 33,900 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 heavy truck and lorry drivers sit 11% lower than the typical job.

How much does a truck driver earn after tax?

The median salary for a truck driver is 33,900 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 27,200 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 heavy truck and lorry drivers?

The average (34,600 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (33,900 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what heavy truck and lorry drivers typically earn.

What is the starting salary for a truck driver in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: heavy truck and lorry drivers aged 18–24 years earn 33,700 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 30,700 SEK. More in the section “Truck driver starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for heavy truck and lorry drivers?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 39,600 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 heavy truck and lorry drivers in Sweden?

Women's average salary is 98% of men's in this job. The median salary is 34,000 SEK for men and 33,500 SEK for women. The figure is not adjusted for differences in age, sector or working hours.

Where in Sweden does a truck driver earn the most?

Pay is highest in North-Central Sweden, where heavy truck and lorry drivers earn 35,600 SEK per month on average.

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