Country
Sweden
Full labour cost: €43.10 an hour (2025). Gross wages by occupation below are from 2022.
Gross hourly wage, 2022
| Occupation group | € per hour |
|---|---|
| Professionals (ISCO 2) | €25.01 |
| Technicians and associate professionals (ISCO 3) | €22.58 |
| Clerical support workers (ISCO 4) | €17.87 |
| Service and sales workers (ISCO 5) | €17.15 |
Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022: mean hourly earnings by occupation (earn_ses22_14) (doi:10.2908/EARN_SES22_14). Firms with 10+ employees. Excludes employer contributions.
Full hourly labour cost
€43.10 / hour, 2025
Eurostat, Labour cost levels by NACE Rev. 2 activity (lc_lci_lev) (doi:10.2908/LC_LCI_LEV). All economy except agriculture and public administration; wages plus employer costs.
EU average: €34.90 (2025).
Tasks in Sweden
| Task | Person | Agent + check | Person ÷ agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reply to a customer support email | €2.38 | €0.32 | 7.4× |
| Answer a customer chat | €1.43 | €0.17 | 8.5× |
| Enter a supplier invoice | €1.49 | €0.17 | 9× |
| Check an expense claim | €1.19 | €0.17 | 7.1× |
| Reconcile 50 bank lines | €8.94 | €1.27 | 7.1× |
| Triage 20 shared-inbox emails | €2.98 | €0.34 | 8.7× |
| Write minutes for a 30-minute meeting | €7.45 | €1.24 | 6× |
| Clean a 200-row contact list | €8.94 | €1.34 | 6.7× |
| Research one B2B lead | €7.53 | €1.30 | 5.8× |
| Log a 15-minute sales call | €3.76 | €0.41 | 9.3× |
| Screen one CV | €2.26 | €0.39 | 5.8× |
| Draft a social media post | €5.64 | €0.77 | 7.4× |
| Write a help-centre article | €15.05 | €2.30 | 6.6× |
| Write a product description | €8.34 | €1.27 | 6.6× |
| Translate one page | €20.84 | €4.19 | 5× |
| Write a job ad | €12.51 | €2.11 | 5.9× |
| Summarise a 10-page contract | €25.01 | €4.22 | 5.9× |
| Triage a bug report | €6.25 | €1.31 | 4.8× |
| Review a small pull request | €12.51 | €2.16 | 5.8× |
| Write a SQL report query | €12.51 | €2.14 | 5.9× |
Person = estimated minutes × the occupation wage. Agent = Claude Sonnet 5.5 tokens + estimated human check. Method