Sweden offers a highly skilled, English-fluent workforce within a collective-agreement system and generous parental benefits. All-in employer cost runs around 1.31x the gross salary. Here is what to know before your first Swedish hire.
Employment runs under the Employment Protection Act (LAS) and, for most roles, a collective agreement that can add pension and insurance obligations. There is no statutory minimum wage; pay floors come from collective agreements.
Employer social contributions (arbetsgivaravgift) are 31.42% of gross salary, covering pension, health, parental, and other social insurance, with occupational pension often added by collective agreement.
Where a collective agreement applies, the employer also funds occupational pension and insurance on top of the statutory contributions.
Employees pay municipal and, above a threshold, state income tax, withheld at source. Withholding and reporting are the employer's responsibility, which under EOR means ours.
*All figures are estimates from public sources (2025-26), pending ops verification - same basis as the EOR cost calculator. Not tax or legal advice.
Compliant Swedish employment contract, payroll, social contributions, and benefits, handled. One invoice, flat $399 per month.