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How much do wood and related products assemblers earn in Sweden?

Wood and related products assemblers. 3,200 people employed in Sweden.

34,100SEK

per month is the median salary for wood and related products assemblers in Sweden in 2025. That is 11% lower than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+2.4% since 2024

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

That is roughly 27,360 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 197 SEK an hour · 409,200 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.

In the 2025 salary statistics, wood and related products assemblers earned 34,400 SEK a month on average in Sweden. The median salary is 34,100 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 30,800 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 38,200 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
34,400 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
30,800 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
38,200 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
3,200
In this job in Sweden

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among wood and related products assemblers in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

30,800 SEKLowest 10%34,100 SEKMedian38,200 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 32,500–35,800 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Wood and related products assemblers 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 31,900 SEK a month on average — roughly 25,700 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 18–24 31,900 SEK 25,700 SEK
Average, aged 25–34 33,900 SEK 27,209 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 30,800 SEK 24,871 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 32,500 SEK 26,153 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.

Wood and related products assemblers pay in the private and public sector

What wood and related products assemblers 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 34,400 SEK 34,100 SEK 34,400 SEK 33,200 SEK
Private sector 34,400 SEK 34,100 SEK 34,400 SEK 33,200 SEK

Wood and related products assemblers salary after tax in Sweden

What wood and related products assemblers actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 34,100 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 27,360 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

34,100 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 27,360 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 27,808 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 27,314 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 27,351 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 28,070 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 26,685 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 18–24 years, earn 31,900 SEK before tax — roughly 25,700 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 38,200 SEK, which is roughly 30,452 SEK after tax.

Calculate the salary after tax for wood and related products assemblers

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 32,000 38,000 Median pay Number
Men 34,400 SEK 2,500
Women 33,200 SEK 750

Women's average salary is 96% 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.

Wood and related products assemblers salary by age

Pay for wood and related products assemblers normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 32,000 38,000 Average pay Men Women Number
18–24 years 31,900 SEK 32,000 SEK – 230
25–34 years 33,900 SEK 34,200 SEK 32,800 SEK 690
35–44 years 34,400 SEK 34,600 SEK 33,500 SEK 720
45–54 years 34,500 SEK 35,000 SEK 32,900 SEK 680
55–64 years 35,400 SEK 36,000 SEK 33,700 SEK 840

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 32,000 38,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Primary and secondary education 9-10 years (ISCED97 2) 34,900 SEK 35,100 SEK – 450
Upper secondary education, 2 years or less (ISCED97 3C) 34,600 SEK 34,900 SEK 33,500 SEK 880
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 34,200 SEK 34,400 SEK 33,500 SEK 1,400
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 34,900 SEK 35,800 SEK – 230

Wood and related products assemblers 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 32,000 38,000 Average pay Men Women Number
East-Central Sweden 36,100 SEK 36,600 SEK – –
Småland and islands 34,000 SEK 34,400 SEK 33,300 SEK 1,400
West Sweden 34,500 SEK 34,800 SEK 33,600 SEK –
North-Central Sweden 34,200 SEK 34,500 SEK 33,200 SEK –

Wood and related products assemblers 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 34,100 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 8214, “montörer, träprodukter”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Fönsterbyggare
  • Fönstermontör, tillverkning
  • Fönstertillverkare
  • Hopsättare, snickeri
  • Hopsättare, trä
  • Inredningsmontör
  • Köksmontör
  • Montör, träprodukter
  • Möbelmontör, tillverkning

Frequently asked questions

How much do wood and related products assemblers 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 34,100 SEK a month before tax, against 33,300 SEK the year before (2024) — +2.4%. 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 wood and related products assemblers in Sweden?

The median salary for wood and related products assemblers in Sweden is 34,100 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 wood and related products assemblers sit 11% lower than the typical job.

How much do wood and related products assemblers earn after tax?

The median salary for wood and related products assemblers is 34,100 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 27,400 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 wood and related products assemblers?

The average (34,400 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (34,100 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what wood and related products assemblers typically earn.

What is the starting salary for wood and related products assemblers in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: wood and related products assemblers aged 18–24 years earn 31,900 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 30,800 SEK. More in the section “Wood and related products assemblers starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for wood and related products assemblers?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 38,200 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 wood and related products assemblers in Sweden?

Women's average salary is 96% of men's in this job. The median salary is 34,400 SEK for men and 33,200 SEK for women. The figure is not adjusted for differences in age, sector or working hours.

Where in Sweden do wood and related products assemblers earn the most?

Pay is highest in East-Central Sweden, where wood and related products assemblers earn 36,100 SEK per month on average.

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