Doctor Salary in Sweden: A Complete Guide .. 2023
The doctor salary in Sweden (average monthly salary for specialist doctors) is SEK 79,200 in 2020. It’s not uncommon to hear doctors consider moving to Sweden due to the high salary of doctors.
In this article, we’ll show you how salary is affected by age, education level, industry, and region. The statistics here are valid for specialist doctors.
Doctor Salary in Sweden
Salary must be determined individually and you negotiate your salary yourself at the start of an employment. Since the salary is determined individually, salaries differ between different people, for example depending on previous experience and skills.
The median salary of an AT doctor in 2020 was SEK 33,500 per month and SEK 46,000 per month for an ST doctor. The average salary for completed specialist physicians was SEK 66,000 per month and SEK 78,900 per month for head physicians.
For doctors working in an emergency hospital or other so-called 24-hour operation, shift and emergency compensation are often added in addition to the basic salary. This applies, for example, if you work at night or on the weekend.
Year | Woman | men | Total |
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2020 | 77 000 | 81 500 | 79 200 |
Salary of Specialist Doctors in Different Regions of Sweden
The table shows the average monthly salary for specialist doctors in different regions.
Region | Woman | Male | in total |
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Kingdom | 77 000 | 81 500 | 79 200 |
Stockholm | 74 600 | 82 100 | 77 600 |
East Central Sweden | 81 200 | 86 400 | 83 900 |
Islands and Smaland | 81 200 | 86 200 | 83 900 |
Southern Sweden | 69 500 | 80 300 | 74 300 |
Western Sweden | 77 700 | 77 600 | 77 600 |
North Central Sweden | 82 200 | 76 600 | |
Middle Norrland | 80 100 | 82 000 | 81 000 |
Upper Norrland | 88 600 | 90 900 | 89 700 |
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What Do Doctors Earn After Tax in Sweden?
When talking about salary, it is almost always salary before tax. This is because the tax you pay depends largely on many individual factors, such as where you live, whether you have other income, whether you are taxed on benefits and whether you receive any special allowances or benefits.
If we get 42,000 SEK per month before tax (average salary for doctors in the region) without any other compensation or income, in some larger Swedish municipalities the salary will be as follows.
- Stockholm: SEK 32,211 / month after tax
- Gothenburg: 31,233 SEK / month after tax
- Malmö: 31,282 SEK / month after tax
If you are a member of the Church of Sweden, a church tax of approximately SEK 450 per month will be added.
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Specialist Doctor Salaries of Different Ages in Sweden
The chart shows the total average monthly salary for specialist doctors. But it is also divided into age classes 18-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54, 55-64 and 65-66. The diagram also shows the difference between men and women in each age group.
Gender | 18-24 years | 25-34 years | 35-44 years | 45-54 years | 55-64 years | 65-66 years | Total |
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Woman | 59 600 | 73 800 | 80 500 | 83 600 | – | 77 000 | |
Male | 69 500 | 77 500 | 79 700 | 86 700 | 91 600 | 81 500 | |
Total | 63 900 | 75 400 | 80 100 | 85 300 | – | 79 200 |
Salary of a Public Physician in Sweden
Gender | 18-24 years | 25-34 years | 35-44 years | 45-54 years | 55-64 years | 65-66 years | Total |
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Woman | 69 400 | 73 800 | 81 000 | 84 900 | 87 500 | 79 300 | |
Male | 70 900 | 76 900 | 84 500 | 89 000 | 91 300 | 83 500 | |
Total | 70 200 | 75 200 | 82 700 | 87 200 | 89 700 | 81 400 |
Salary of Specialist Doctors in the Private Sector in Sweden
Gender | 18-24 years | 25-34 years | 35-44 years | 45-54 years | 55-64 years | 65-66 years | total |
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Woman | 73 700 | 79 100 | 79 200 | 71 100 | |||
Male | 81 000 | 80 200 | 75 400 | ||||
Total | 76 300 | 73 100 | 79 800 | 73 000 |
Which Specialist Gets the Highest Salary in Sweden?
Clinical pathology is the highest paying specialty, followed by Neurosurgery, which pays as much as Neuroradiology and finally Forensic Psychiatry. The average salary for Clinical Pathology is 83,040, 82,196 for Neuroradiology and 81,810 for Neurosurgery.
LOCATION | EXPERTISE | AVERAGE SALARY |
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one | clinical pathology | 83 040 |
2 | neuroradiology | 82 196 |
3 | neurosurgeons | 81 810 |
4 | forensic psychiatry | 81 600 |
5 | Nuclear medicine | 80 175 |
6 | hand surgeon | 79 860 |
7 | clinical genetics | 78 960 |
8 | Psychiatry | 78 840 |
9 | General Medicine | 78 732 |
10 | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | 78 420 |
11th | Pain | 78 120 |
Note: The figures do not include permanent employees.
Working as a Relay Doctor in Sweden
There are several ways to influence your salary as a doctor; An example of this is an effective salary negotiation. But by far the most effective method is to work as a hired doctor, also known as a temporary doctor.
What is Relay Doctor?
A transfer doctor works under contract at various hospitals and health centers in Sweden or other countries.
As a relay doctor, you usually work through a staffing company. A doctor may be employed directly by the staffing company or work as a consultant for the staffing company through his or her own company. The doctor may also choose to be bought directly by a county council with his own company.
Relay Doctor Salary?
Purchase price for relay doctors in Sweden is between 867 – 1758 SEK/hr. This means that as a doctor you can expect to be billed in the range of 730 – 1670 SEK/hr depending on the costs of the staffing company. Here’s what you can expect to be billed in some of Sweden’s largest regions:
- Stockholm : 880 SEK – 920 / hour
- Västra Götaland : 1020 SEK – 1080 / saat
- Scania : 940 – 1000 kr / hour
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