Sweden work permit salary: extensions registered from 2 December 2026 face the higher floor

A permit granted before 1 June 2026 keeps the old floor of 80% of Sweden's median salary only if the extension is registered by 1 December 2026, and it counts as registered once your own part is done, not just the employer's. Because an extension can be filed only in the last two months, a permit ending after 1 February 2027 meets the 90% shown above.

The pay can stay the same, the job can stay the same, and the next extension can still fail. On 1 June 2026 Sweden replaced its old test, a salary that gives a good living, with a floor of 90% of the median salary that Statistics Sweden publishes. First permits decided from that date face it, even when the application was made earlier. Older permits got six months' grace, which ends on 1 December 2026.

The figure moves every June

The Swedish Migration Agency uses the median in force on the day you apply, not the day it decides. A new median is published each June: the amount above applies to applications made from 16 June 2026, and one made days earlier was measured against the lower median of the year before. A salary agreed in spring can therefore fall short if the filing slips past mid-June.

Pay and terms must also be at least on par with the Swedish collective agreement or normal practice in the trade.

The lower floor, and who gets it

Some occupations listed in the rules, and some groups, such as first-time applicants who already hold a Swedish student or researcher permit, need 75% of the median instead, also shown above. At each extension, check that the occupation is still listed.

The agency's fees, and a firm's

The employer starts an extension in the agency's online service.

To the Swedish Migration Agency:

• The application fee shown above, paid when you apply and charged again for an extension; family members pay less. It is not refunded if the application is refused.

To a relocation firm or adviser:

• Its service charge, priced apart from the agency's fee.

Ask the employer and the firm:

1. On which date will the application be registered, and which median applies then?
2. For an extension, can both your part and the employer's be done by 1 December 2026, given the two-month window?
3. Is the occupation on the exempt list, and will it still be at the next extension?
4. Do the pay and terms match the collective agreement for this work?
5. Which part of the firm's fee comes back if the permit is refused or the rules change first?

Hold a relocation firm's quote or service agreement for the permit? Answer yes in the box above, and that document is compared line by line with the published rules and the prices firms on file publish for this route. Neither job offers nor employment contracts are read there; holding one, choose no, type the monthly salary it gives and pick per month. The check compares a document or a figure with the published rules, and does not look at your application or advise on it; for advice on your own case, speak to a qualified immigration lawyer.

General information, not legal advice.