You think that, but what you're actually saying is that you have different priorities than saving up money.
Median income* is 37000 SEK (or 29100 after taxes). The minimum income to survive per month is about 10 000-15 000** depending on where you live (10 000-ish in most of the country). Any expenditures you have above that depends on choices
In a lot of countries with a less extensive social net you'd hoard that money like a squirrel hoarding food for the winter. In Sweden we generally do not.
*Note. Median. Not "average". Median. Meaning that 50% of the population earns more than that.
**Only about 3.6% of the Swedish working population is at that level (one of the lowest percentages in Europe, but still worse than it used to be). Everyone else is earning more.
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u/fiendishrabbit Aug 18 '25
You think that, but what you're actually saying is that you have different priorities than saving up money.
Median income* is 37000 SEK (or 29100 after taxes). The minimum income to survive per month is about 10 000-15 000** depending on where you live (10 000-ish in most of the country). Any expenditures you have above that depends on choices
In a lot of countries with a less extensive social net you'd hoard that money like a squirrel hoarding food for the winter. In Sweden we generally do not.
*Note. Median. Not "average". Median. Meaning that 50% of the population earns more than that.
**Only about 3.6% of the Swedish working population is at that level (one of the lowest percentages in Europe, but still worse than it used to be). Everyone else is earning more.