ASK US: What do you want to know about Sweden's work permit salary threshold?

Hi! We have an article titled "How to check you earn enough for Sweden's work permit threshold" which may be useful, I'll copy the url to it below. The best way to check what the standard salary for your industry is is to check your union's website. Find the collective bargaining agreement for your industry and then look for the "lägstalön" (lowest salary) listed in that agreement. You can do this even if you don't have a collective bargianing agreement at your workplace. You can also try googling "lägstalön" plus your job title for a rough idea, or if there are no collective bargaining agreements at all in your industry, you can check Statistics Sweden for the average salary for your profession. There's no exact rule as to how much you need to earn, as they'll also look at things like employment conditions and insurances, but that should give you an idea at least. Hope that helps! https://www.thelocal.se/20231025/how-to-check-you-earn-enough-for-swedens-new-work-permit-threshold

Hi, the answer to this is a bit complicated. Firstly, you need to meet the work permit requirements to extend your work permit, so you'll need to have a salary (pre tax) of at least 28,480 kronor a month (potentially higher if that's lower than the usual salary for your industry) - barnbidrag and underhållsstöd don't count here. You apply for permanent residency at the same time as extending your work permit, which means you also need to meet the permanent residency requirements. Here, you must be able to support yourself financially, which essentially means you need to have at least 6,090 kronor per month left over once you've paid your housing costs. Your salary is large enough for that to be the case without including barnbidrag and underhållstöd. Finally, the question of whether your child will get permanent residency. I'm assuming here that your child is under 18. Their application will be assessed once yours has been approved, and the Migration Agency will check whether you earn enough to support you and your child, and that you have a house or apartment which is big enough for you to live in (at least a two-room apartment). In terms of being able to support yourself, you'll need 6,090 kronor for yourself and between 3,255 kronor and 5,208 kronor for your child, depending on their age, after tax. You can include barnbidrag in this but I'm not entirely sure whether underhållsstöd is included or not, and I can't find any information about this on the Migration Agency's website, so I would recommend you contact them and ask. Their phone number is +46 771 235 235 and they are open between 9am-3pm Mon-Fri. Hope this has helped somewhat in answering your questions!

Not according to age, but there are plans to exempt certain professions from the higher salary requirement once it's raised to 100 percent of the median salary (expected to happen on June 1st next year for new applicants). These professions would still have a salary requirement, but it would be lower. There are also plans to exempt newly graduated students or PhD students switching from a study permit to a work permit, as well as foreigners with medical, nursing or dental degrees from their home country who are working towards getting these recognised in Sweden. The inquiry which the government tasked to look into this actually said it had considered separate salary requirements depending on gender and age, as the current requirement overlooks this, but concluded that it would be too complex. You can read more about that here: https://www.thelocal.se/20240220/in-detail-how-sweden-plans-to-further-toughen-its-work-permit-system

I think employers are unlikely to raise salaries across the board, as many of them don't have the cash, unless they cut down on staff. They'll probably have to rely on EU citizens and Swedes a lot more, who aren't affected by this requirement, and maybe rely more on seasonal workers during the summer. To be honest, I think most of them are going to struggle to find enough staff under the new rules and we'll probably see hotels and restaurants running with less staff. Potentially similar to what's happened in the UK since Brexit.