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Sweden Updates Work Permit Salary Threshold

Key Points 

  • Sweden updated its minimum salary requirement for work permit applicants 

New Salary Requirements Sweden  

Effective 17 June 2025, Sweden has introduced a new minimum salary requirement for work permit applicants: 

  • New monthly threshold: 29,680 SEK (based on 80% of Sweden’s updated median wage of 37,100 SEK) 
  • Applies to all work permit applications submitted on or after 17 June 
  • Applications submitted before that date will continue to follow the previous threshold of 28,480 SEK/month 

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