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Food Science & Technology jobs in Sweden for international graduates

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Food Science & TechnologyEnvironment, Sustainability & Agriculture · Sweden
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Job market at a glance

The jobs Food Science & Technology leads to, added together. Each label compares Food Science & Technology with the other Swedish fields.

Job ads a month193 WeakArbetsförmedlingen
Average pay (calculated)SEK 607,600 ModerateSCB
Entry-level pay (calculated)SEK 523,200 ModerateSCB
Growth to 2035 (Cedefop)+37.9% StrongCedefop
Change since 2023+4.6% StrongSCB
People in these jobs15,176 ModerateSCB
Jobs in shortage (Yrkesbarometer 2026-1)3% WeakArbetsförmedlingen

People in these jobs: employees aged 16–69 (SCB occupational register); the self-employed are not counted. Yearly pay is calculated by UNIFER from SCB's full-time monthly salary × 12 (overtime and 13th-month pay not included), the same statistic Migrationsverket's salary rule uses. No "vs last year" figure: Platsbanken's total number of ads rose by more than a third between the two years for reasons Arbetsförmedlingen does not explain, so a change for one field would mostly show that jump. Shortage: occupations Arbetsförmedlingen rates as having a shortage of applicants nationally. Occupations it rates as both shortage and surplus ("paradox") are not counted.

Jobs this degree leads to

The jobs Food Science & Technology courses most often lead to in Sweden, and how each one is doing.

JobShareAverage pay SCBEntry pay SCBGrowth to 2035 CedefopJob ads a month Arbetsförmedlingen
1.Engineering professionals in chemical technologySEK 631,200SEK 529,200+40.3%71
2.Engineering professionals not elsewhere classifiedSEK 679,200SEK 588,000+40.3%176
3.Engineering professionals in logistics and productionSEK 591,600SEK 508,800+40.3%256
4.ChemistsSEK 620,400SEK 537,600+40.3%90
5.DieticiansSEK 458,400SEK 412,800+36.6%66
6.Production managers in manufacturing, level 2SEK 666,000SEK 572,400+33.7%201
7.Policy administration professionalsSEK 553,200SEK 477,600+35.5%1,032
8.Safety and quality inspectorsSEK 448,800SEK 402,000+17.3%326
9.Environmental and occupational health inspectorsSEK 496,800SEK 466,800+23.5%92
10.Management and organisation analystsSEK 644,400SEK 554,400+35.5%708

Share: how common each job is among Food Science & Technology destinations. Entry pay: lower-quartile pay, a guide to starting salaries. Job ads a month: ads published on Platsbanken (Arbetsförmedlingen) in the last 12 complete months, divided by 12. An ad is counted once it has been taken down, so the latest months are left out. Swipe the table sideways for more.

What graduates like you earned

What employees with a master of science in engineering: chemical and biotechnology, materials and mining earn in Sweden, all ages. Sweden publishes no pay for recent graduates by field, so this is pay by the education people hold.

Employees with this educationaverage, full time, 2025 · all agesSEK 754,800 SCB
Master's graduates in steady work1–1.5 years after graduating, 2022/23 graduates, same broad field86% UKÄ

Foreign-born master's graduates working full time in Sweden earned 92.4% of what Swedish-born graduates earned (2022) OECD. Pay: SCB full-time monthly salary × 12, calculated by UNIFER; overtime and 13th-month pay not included. Steady work (UKÄ): in work in November, yearly work income above SEK 291,800 and no unemployment during the year; calculated by UNIFER from UKÄ's published master's groups (groups under 20 graduates are not published). Graduates who moved abroad are not counted.

Staying to work after you graduate

How international students stay to work in Sweden after studying Food Science & Technology.

1
Finish your course

A master's or a PhD from a Swedish university.

2
Permit to look for work
up to 12 months Migrationsverket

to look for a job or start a business in Sweden after a master's; up to 18 months after a PhD. Apply before your student permit runs out.

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Work permit

Work permit: from 1 June 2026 the salary must be at least SEK 413,640 a year (90% of Sweden's median salary, SEK 34,470 a month), and in line with collective agreements in the job. You can apply from inside Sweden.

If you still hold a student permit when you apply for your first work permit, the minimum is lower: SEK 344,700 a year (75% of the median). Migrationsverket does not say whether this also applies once you are on the permit to look for work.

EU Blue Card: at least SEK 643,500 a year for a job that matches your degree.

Amounts are Migrationsverket's monthly figures for 2026 × 12.

Typical pay in Food Science & Technology jobs vs the work-permit salary Migrationsverket
SEK 607,600
typical payminimum SEK 413,640
Food Science & Technology jobs in shortage in Sweden (Yrkesbarometer 2026-1) Arbetsförmedlingen3%

In 2025, 619 non-EU students in Sweden switched from a study permit to a work permit, 167 of them Indian citizens Eurostat.

Graduates living in Sweden who are citizens of non-EU countries: 72.6% in work, against 90.8% of Swedish graduates (ages 25–64, 2025) Eurostat.

Food Science & Technology in other countries

Typical pay for the same jobs (in US dollars in brackets, at October 2026 exchange rates), projected growth, and post-study work after a master's.

SwedenSEK 607,600 ($61,100)Growth +37.9% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 12 monthsDenmarkDKK 816,300 ($122,200)Growth +23.7% (2022–35) · Job-seeking permit 12 monthsFinland€62,200 ($69,600)Growth +19.5% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 24 monthsUnited Kingdom£47,000 ($62,800)Growth +11.7% (2025–35) · Graduate visa 18 monthsUnited States$83,700Growth +6% (2025–35) · OPT 12 months, 36 with the STEM extensionCanadaCA$88,700 ($63,400)Growth +10.3% (2023–33) · PGWP up to 36 months
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AustraliaAU$119,800 ($84,100)Growth +19.1% (2025–35) · 24 monthsIreland€49,100 ($55,000)Growth +5.1% (2025–28) · Stamp 1G 24 monthsGermany€77,100 ($86,300)Growth +0.6% (2023–40) · 18 monthsNetherlands€65,700 ($73,500)Growth +5.2% (2025–30) · Orientation year 12 monthsFrance€51,800 net ($58,000)Growth +30.4% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 12 monthsPolandPLN 112,900 ($28,800)Growth +30.4% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work 9 monthsSpain€42,700 ($47,800)Growth +25% (2022–35) · Job-search permit 24 monthsItaly€24,700 net ($27,600)Growth +30.8% (2022–35) · Permit to look for work up to 12 monthsBelgium€66,200 ($74,100)Growth +15.2% (2022–35) · Search year 12 monthsSwitzerlandCHF 103,600 ($125,700)Job search 6 months

Questions students ask

How much do Food Science & Technology graduates earn in Sweden?

Employees in Sweden with a master of science in engineering: chemical and biotechnology, materials and mining earn an average SEK 754,800 a year (full time, all ages). Across all workers in these jobs, typical pay is SEK 607,600 and starting pay about SEK 523,200.

Is Food Science & Technology in demand in Sweden?

Employers posted about 193 job ads a month for these jobs in June 2026. Employment in these jobs is projected to grow 37.9% from 2022 to 2035.

Can I stay and work in Sweden after a Food Science & Technology master's?

Yes, for up to 12 months on a permit to look for work after graduating. To stay longer, a work permit needs a salary of at least SEK 413,640 a year (90% of Sweden's median salary). 3% of these jobs have a shortage of applicants, according to Arbetsförmedlingen.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure comes from an official Swedish source. Tap a source tag next to any number for its details.

Yrkesbarometer — recruitment situation by occupation, nationalArbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service) · CC0 1.0 (Arbetsförmedlingen open data) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Cedefop Skills Forecast — future employment growth by occupation group, Sweden, 2022–2035European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) · Cedefop: reuse with acknowledgement of the source (CC BY 4.0) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Change of immigration status permits, education to employment, Sweden (migr_reschange)Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Employment rates by educational attainment and citizenship, tertiary education, ages 25–64, Sweden (lfsa_ergaedn)Eurostat · Eurostat reuse policy: free reuse with acknowledgement of the source (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
JobTech Historical ads — job ads published on Platsbanken by occupation group (SSYK 2012)Arbetsförmedlingen (Swedish Public Employment Service), JobTech Development · CC0 1.0 (Arbetsförmedlingen / JobTech open data) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Swedish post-study and work permit rules — Migrationsverket pages (manually verified)Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) — transcribed and verified by UNIFER · Official government information · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Lönestrukturstatistik — average monthly salary by education group (SUN 2000), TAB5840; yearly figure calculated by UNIFERStatistics Sweden (SCB) for the National Mediation Office (Medlingsinstitutet) · CC0 1.0 (Statistics Sweden open data) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Yrkesregistret — employees by occupation (SSYK 2012), all sectors (TAB4449 / YREG50BAS)Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0 1.0 (Statistics Sweden open data) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
Lönestrukturstatistik — average salary and salary dispersion by occupation (SSYK 2012), TAB5932; yearly figure calculated by UNIFERStatistics Sweden (SCB) for the National Mediation Office (Medlingsinstitutet) · CC0 1.0 (Statistics Sweden open data) · loaded 19 Oct 2026
UKÄ — Etablering på arbetsmarknaden efter studier i högskolan, graduates of 2022/23 (Tabell 2a)Universitetskanslersämbetet (UKÄ, Swedish Higher Education Authority) · Official statistics of Sweden; reuse terms not stated on the page (used with credit for educational purposes) · loaded 19 Oct 2026

Indicative figures from official Swedish sources. They describe groups of graduates and workers, not what any individual will earn or be offered. Visa rules change, so check migrationsverket.se before you decide.