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		iso1631 on Dec 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Climbing the Wealth Ladder According to wikipedia, average salary in Sweden is $2700 post tax ($3500 pre tax)

hultner on Dec 17, 2019 [–]

Sounds a bit high but could be right considering that median is usually a fair bit lower since the extremes being up the average quite a bit. However checking this years tax tables put our monthly $3500 pre-tax salary at $2600 take home (but this varies a bit from city to city).

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