How much do you earn as a system developer in Sweden?

So let's take a quick look at how much you can expect to earn in Sweden – both before and after tax.

The average monthly salary for a software and system developer is currently 50,700 kronor, according to national number-crunching agency Statistics Sweden.

Women earn, on average, 48,500 kronor and men 51,200 kronor.

The age group that is currently earning the most as system and software developers are people aged 55-64, who make 56,600 kronor a month. People aged 25-34 get 45,100 kronor on average, people aged 35-44 get 52,500 kronor and people aged 45-54 get 56,100 kronor.

Whether you're working in the private or public sector also makes a big difference.

For example, software and system developers aged 35-44 who work in the private sector earn 52,800 kronor on average, compared to 44,100 kronor on average in the public sector.

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But how much of this do you actually get to keep, and how much gets paid in tax?

To work it out, we used Swedish tax office Skatteverket's calculator. Your tax rate depends on a few factors, so for the sake of argument, let's pretend that you are a 35-year-old in Stockholm earning 52,800 kronor.

We'll assume that the majority of The Local's readers who grew up outside of Sweden will not be paying members of the Swedish Church, so in this example, none of your money goes to Sweden's church tax.

Your total tax bill may depend on more factors, so this is not an exact sum, but according to Skatteverket's calculator, you will then be paying 12,513 kronor of your monthly salary in tax based on 2024 tax rates, which means that as a system developer you can expect a net paycheck of 40,287 kronor at the end of the month.

Article first published in 2019 and updated in 2024. We used Statistics Sweden and Skatteverket as sources. Did you find it useful? Please email news@thelocal.se to let us know what you think or what industry you want us to look at next.