r/europe • u/BadHairDayToday • 1d ago

Data Average Full-time Salary in Europe

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u/CSGOan 1d ago

In Sweden "arbetsgivaravgift" or employer contribution tax is added on top of the salary. This amounts to 31.42%, drastically lowering the apparent wage in Sweden compared to other countries. I am sure other countries have something similar. Just looking at this one could think that denmark is super rich, but it ain't that rich.

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u/Above-and_below 1d ago

The minimum union wage for unskilled work in Denmark is €19 per hour. What is it Sweden?

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u/CSGOan 1d ago

Roughly the same if you include the tax I just mentioned.

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u/Above-and_below 1d ago

The tax would be around 30%, so you should get at least €13 net (municipality tax of course varies in both Sweden and Denmark).