Average salary in Sweden
- Average gross monthly pay
- 4,213 euro per month
- Average net monthly pay
- 3,246 euro per month
- Taken in tax and contributions
- 23 percent
Sweden pays 4,213 euro a month on average before tax and 3,246 euro after, measured for 2025. Both figures describe a single person without children on the average wage, which is the case the source publishes.
Sweden takes about 23 percent of a gross wage in income tax and social contributions, which is the gap between the two figures above rather than a rate anybody is charged.
Sweden has no statutory minimum wage set in law. Pay floors there are set by collective agreement per sector, so there is no single national number to quote.
Sweden ranks 6 of 27 countries in the series on net pay, where the middle country is at 2,106 euro a month.
That puts Sweden about 54.1 percent above the median of these 27 countries, which is 2,106 a month.
On the same series Sweden sits between Netherlands at 3,399 and Finland at 3,141, which is what a rank on its own does not tell you.
Pay only means something next to prices. The same source puts the price level in Sweden at 123 on the index, EU average = 100 for 2024, so a wage that looks high or low against its neighbours may not be once the cost of the basket is put beside it.
An average is not a typical salary. It is pulled upward by high earners, it says nothing about any particular job, and it is worth reading next to the cost of living rather than on its own.
Average net monthly pay
| Measure | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross monthly pay | 4,213 | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Average net monthly pay | 3,246 | 2025 | Eurostat |
Questions
Is this before or after tax?
Both are shown. Gross is before income tax and social contributions, net is after, and the difference between them is the wedge figure on this page.
Does this mean I would earn 3,246 euro a month in Sweden?
No. This is the average for a single person on the average wage in 2025. What any individual earns depends on the occupation, the sector, the region and the employer, none of which this series splits out.
Related pages
Sources
- Eurostat, salary-data-verified (Eurostat reuse policy, commercial reuse permitted with attribution)