DevOps / site reliability engineer · Stockholm, Sweden
DevOps engineer salary in Stockholm — 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 Stockholm typically earns around 1,103,056 SEK (mid-market), with most offers between 870,833 SEK and 1,422,361 SEK.
What it nets and supports
After local tax the mid-market figure nets about 59,749 SEK/month — enough to support a premium lifestyle in Stockholm.
Versus the New York benchmark
Pay for this role in Stockholm runs about 55% of the New York rate before adjusting for cost of living.
Estimated band
DevOps engineer gross salary in Stockholm
Local-currency band derived from a $104,500 NYC P50 anchor × 0.55 city multiplier × 10.5556 SEK/USD.
What SEK 1,103,056 gross buys you in Stockholm
Net after Sweden's effective payroll deduction, mapped to Mundevo's lifestyle tiers.
Required monthly net at each tier in Stockholm
Where the P50 salary lands across Mundevo's four lifestyle tiers.
| Tier | Required net / month | Your P50 net covers it? |
|---|---|---|
| PremiumBest fit | SEK 37,913 | Yes |
| Comfortable | SEK 30,531 | Yes |
| Balanced | SEK 25,244 | Yes |
| Frugal | SEK 19,958 | 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 Stockholm?
- The typical devops engineer band in Stockholm runs 870,833 SEK–1,422,361 SEK gross per year, with a median around 1,103,056 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 Stockholm?
- On the median 1,103,056 SEK gross, take-home is about 59,749 SEK per month (716,986 SEK/year) after Sweden's effective income tax and social security.
- Is 1,103,056 SEK a good devops engineer salary in Stockholm?
- Yes — it's the local median and covers a premium lifestyle for a single person, with about 58% headroom over that tier's cost.