Salary scale for PhD students

Points on the salary scale represent achieved course and thesis credits or other credits in accordance with the individual curriculum. The new salary applies from the month after the appropriate level of points has been achieved. Promotion to the highest salary scale requires a licentiate degree, mid-seminar or 150 credits.

Salary scale from 1/10/2022 - currently salary in 2023

Initial salary: 32.800 kr/month

Licentiate degree, mid-seminar or 150 credits: 38.200 kr/month

Agreement signed 2022-09-30

You can check the wage statistics and salary scale over the years here.

Salary payment

Salaries are paid every month on the 25th.

If the 25th is a Saturday, payment occurs on the 24th, and if the 25th is a Sunday the salary is paid on the Monday 26th.

All employees should have a bank account.

When changing from the co-ordination number to the social security number, you must contact your bank and provide information about the new employee number to your payroll administrator at HR-unit.

When opening a bank account, a Swedish ID card is required if you have a social security number. For persons with a coordinating number, foreign passports are still good.

LuleƄ University of Technology cooperates with Danske Bank for payroll payments. All employees must register their bank account at Danske Bank. See instructions below.

Find more information here.

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