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Sweden Raises Bar for Work Permits to Almost 30,000 SEK
Grab your calculators, folks! Sweden's bumping up the work permit salary threshold for non-EU applicants effective immediately. Statistics Sweden's fresh median salary figures announced at 8am on June 17th have boosted the monthly wage non-EU workers must earn to be eligible.
With the median salary soaring to 37,100 SEK in 2024, the new minimum monthly salary required for work permits climbs to 29,680 SEK pre-tax. But before you panic, remember that salaries still need to align with industry norms or collective bargaining agreements to meet the criteria.
Here's a quick equation for those math whizzes out there: to calculate the new work permit threshold, multiply the median salary (37,100 SEK) by 0.8 (80%)! [1][2][5] This update only affects applications submitted after June 17th; applications already in progress are unaffected.
By next June, stay tuned for the next median salary update from Statistics Sweden!
A Few Insights:
- The Swedish work permit salary threshold for non-EU workers is tied to the median salary published by Statistics Sweden, ensuring adjustments reflect the labor market's evolution [1][2][5].
- About half a million individuals residing in Sweden currently lack a personnummer, an essential code granting access to a variety of Swedish services, according to Skatteverket [6].
- The European Council has raised concerns over parts of the Tidö Agreement's provisions, the coalition's policy document, regarding integration and discrimination in Sweden [3].
- Analysts seem to concur that the Riksbank will slash the key interest rate by 0.25% on Wednesday, anticipating a rate cut [4].
Swedish Slang:
- medianlön - median salary
- arbetslöshet - unemployment
- personnummer - the ten-digit identity code that opens the door to numerous Swedish services.
In the realm of general-news, Sweden's latest move to raise the work permit salary threshold for non-EU applicants follows the trend of tying this figure to the median salary published by Statistics Sweden, indicating a closer alignment with the evolving business and finance sector. On the other hand, ongoing discussions within politics, such as the concerns raised by the European Council over integration and discrimination in Sweden, may create additional challenges for potential work permit applicants.
