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

SwedenGreece
MetricSwedenGreece
Net / month€3,246€1,792
Gross / month€4,213€2,471
Real net (PPS)€2,528€2,133
Minimum wage€1,073
Cost of living (EU=100)128.484
Gender pay gap11.2%13.4%
Unemployment8.8%8.9%

Summary

Net salaries in Greece are 44.8% lower than in Sweden in euros. Adjusted for local prices (PPS), the gap narrows to 15.6% lower.

Occupation pay

SwedenGreece
€6,341
Managers
€3,571
€4,599
Professionals
€2,126
€3,963
Technicians and associate professionals
€1,825
€3,325
Craft and related trades workers
€1,370
€3,206
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
€1,347
€2,969
Clerical support workers
€1,414
€2,895
Service and sales workers
€875
€2,879
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
€2,587
Elementary occupations
€876

Cost-of-living equivalent

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

€3,246 in Sweden feels like €2,124 in Greece.

Going the other way: €3,246 in Greece ≈ €4,962 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.