Work in Sweden

Sales representative salary in Sweden

The median is SEK 50,300 a month before tax, and most earn SEK 35,000 to SEK 74,100.

Median a month
SEK 50,300
Before tax, 2025. Half earn more, half less.
Most earn
35,000 to 74,100
SEK a month, the 10th to the 90th percentile.
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What a sales representative takes home

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Take home
SEK 39,176
Tax
SEK 11,124
Tax rate
22.1 %
Tax table
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A month, 2026, as your employer withholds it: Skatteverket’s tax table for your municipality’s rate, column 1 (salary, under 66), without the Church of Sweden fee. Your final tax is settled in next year’s return. On top of your salary your employer pays 31.42 % in social security contributions, SEK 15,804 a month here. Source: Skatteverket.

Sales representative salary by region

Median monthly salary before tax by region
RegionMedian a month
StockholmSEK 57,200
East Middle SwedenSEK 52,900
West SwedenSEK 52,500
Småland and the islandsSEK 51,100
North Middle SwedenSEK 50,700
Upper NorrlandSEK 48,500
Middle NorrlandSEK 48,100
South SwedenSEK 47,700

The regions are Statistics Sweden’s (NUTS 2). Stockholm is the county; West Sweden includes Gothenburg; South Sweden includes Malmö.

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Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), wage structure statistics, SSYK 3322, all sectors, women and men. Tax: Skatteverket’s 2026 tax tables.

Pay and tax in Sweden

Are salaries in Sweden given before or after tax?

Before tax. Swedish employers, job ads and Statistics Sweden always talk about the monthly salary before tax (bruttolön). Your employer takes the income tax off every month using the tax table for the municipality you live in, so what reaches your account is the salary after tax (nettolön).

How much tax do you pay on a salary in Sweden?

Most of it is municipal and regional tax, between about 29 and 36 per cent depending on where you live. On the part of a salary above a yearly threshold that only higher salaries reach, state income tax of 20 per cent is added. A tax reduction on earned income (jobbskatteavdrag) lowers the total, so on an average salary the tax withheld is about a fifth of the pay. The calculator on this page gives the exact amount.

Is there a minimum wage in Sweden?

No, there is no minimum wage set by law. Pay is set by collective agreements between unions and employers, which cover most jobs, and by your own contract. For a work permit, the Swedish Migration Agency requires a salary at a level it sets each year and terms at least as good as the collective agreement or what is usual in the trade.

What does an employer pay on top of my salary?

Employer social security contributions of 31.42 per cent on top of the salary, which fund your pension, parental leave and sick pay, and usually an occupational pension under the collective agreement. You do not pay these yourself.