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Line up salaries, cost of living and labour-market figures across several European countries at once. Add up to six.

SwedenSpain
MetricSwedenSpain
Net / month€3,246€2,253
Gross / month€4,213€2,923
Real net (PPS)€2,528€2,473
Minimum wage€1,425
Cost of living (EU=100)128.491.1
Gender pay gap11.2%7.3%
Unemployment8.8%10.5%

Summary

Net salaries in Spain are 30.6% lower than in Sweden in euros. Adjusted for local prices (PPS), the gap narrows to 2.2% lower.

Occupation pay

SwedenSpain
€6,341
Managers
€4,245
€4,599
Professionals
€2,962
€3,963
Technicians and associate professionals
€2,476
€3,325
Craft and related trades workers
€1,851
€3,206
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
€1,944
€2,969
Clerical support workers
€1,861
€2,895
Service and sales workers
€1,506
€2,879
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
€1,479
€2,587
Elementary occupations
€1,440

Cost-of-living equivalent

Sweden: average net, shown at Spain's local prices.

€3,246 in Sweden feels like €2,303 in Spain.

Going the other way: €3,246 in Spain ≈ €4,575 in Sweden.

PPS (Purchasing Power Standards) rescales money so €1 buys a similar basket of goods everywhere in the EU.

Source: Eurostat. Figures are statistical averages, not tax advice.