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

SwedenIreland
MetricSwedenIreland
Net / month€3,246€3,919
Gross / month€4,213€5,143
Real net (PPS)€2,528€2,807
Minimum wage€2,391
Cost of living (EU=100)128.4139.6
Gender pay gap11.2%8.3%
Unemployment8.8%4.7%

Summary

Net salaries in Ireland are 20.7% higher than in Sweden in euros. Adjusted for local prices (PPS), the gap narrows to 11.0% higher.

Occupation pay

SwedenIreland
€6,341
Managers
€5,934
€4,599
Professionals
€5,293
€3,963
Technicians and associate professionals
€3,938
€3,325
Craft and related trades workers
€3,076
€3,206
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
€3,049
€2,969
Clerical support workers
€3,099
€2,895
Service and sales workers
€2,304
€2,879
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
€2,392
€2,587
Elementary occupations
€2,362

Cost-of-living equivalent

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

€3,246 in Sweden feels like €3,529 in Ireland.

Going the other way: €3,246 in Ireland ≈ €2,986 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.