DevOps / site reliability engineer · Gothenburg, Sweden
DevOps engineer salary in Gothenburg — typical band and what it buys
Senior DevOps / SRE owning production infrastructure, CI/CD, and on-call rotations.
Data signals
What the numbers say
The pay band
A devops engineer in Gothenburg typically earns around 1,002,778 SEK (mid-market), with most offers between 791,667 SEK and 1,293,056 SEK.
What it nets and supports
After local tax the mid-market figure nets about 54,317 SEK/month — enough to support a premium lifestyle in Gothenburg.
Versus the New York benchmark
Pay for this role in Gothenburg runs about 50% of the New York rate before adjusting for cost of living.
Estimated band
DevOps engineer gross salary in Gothenburg
Local-currency band derived from a $95,000 NYC P50 anchor × 0.50 city multiplier × 10.5556 SEK/USD.
What SEK 1,002,778 gross buys you in Gothenburg
Net after Sweden's effective payroll deduction, mapped to Mundevo's lifestyle tiers.
Required monthly net at each tier in Gothenburg
Where the P50 salary lands across Mundevo's four lifestyle tiers.
| Tier | Required net / month | Your P50 net covers it? |
|---|---|---|
| PremiumBest fit | SEK 36,042 | Yes |
| Comfortable | SEK 28,231 | Yes |
| Balanced | SEK 22,722 | Yes |
| Frugal | SEK 17,214 | Yes |
Who this band describes
The DevOps / SRE archetype in this band has 5+ years of experience operating production systems — cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, observability stacks, CI/CD pipelines, and on-call response. Pay tends to run modestly above general-purpose senior SWE bands due to specialization and on-call burden.
Highest bands: tech companies with mature platform-engineering practices, finance-tech firms with strict reliability requirements, and crypto/trading infrastructure roles. Mid-band: enterprise SaaS, consultancies doing infra modernization work, and traditional companies modernizing their stack.
Common employer types at this band: Big tech, Fintech/crypto infra, Enterprise SaaS, Cloud consultancies.
Cross-check before negotiation
Mundevo's band is derived, not surveyed. For an offer conversation, anchor on at least one of these.
- Levels.fyi — DevOps/SRE bands at public tech companies
- Glassdoor — broader market view
- Stack Overflow Developer Survey — annual global snapshot
FAQ
- What is a good devops engineer salary in Gothenburg?
- The typical devops engineer band in Gothenburg runs 791,667 SEK–1,293,056 SEK gross per year, with a median around 1,002,778 SEK. At or above the median is a strong offer — the P50 here supports a premium lifestyle on our cost model.
- How much does a devops engineer take home after tax in Gothenburg?
- On the median 1,002,778 SEK gross, take-home is about 54,317 SEK per month (651,806 SEK/year) after Sweden's effective income tax and social security.
- Is 1,002,778 SEK a good devops engineer salary in Gothenburg?
- Yes — it's the local median and covers a premium lifestyle for a single person, with about 51% headroom over that tier's cost.