[some_account]

In Sweden at a big company, your day as a programmer usually has a few meetings and a lot of social interaction with colleagues. Maybe you get 3-4 hours of programming every day if you are lucky and can focus in the noisy open office environment. Im in the office about 7 hours every day. Salary is excellent for Swedish standards and living costs.

[maruhan2]

May I ask what the typical programmer's salary is there?

[plogik]

Depends on where in Sweden. Salaries in Stockholm are higher than the rest. I live in southern sweden, entry level is just over 30'SEK (USD4000), senior over 40' (USD5000). Varies from company to company and by industry etc. But around that ballpark generally

[qvst]

Just to clarify: this refers to monthly salaries. Salaries in Sweden are generally discussed in terms of monthly compensation. From my experience it's yearly in the US.

[Scea91]

Interesting. Those numbers are not that different from Prague (my city). I expected much higher salaries in Sweden.

[jxub]

4k-5k euro net monthly also seems to be in the ballpark for senior dev contracting rates in Warsaw.

[badpun]

How much is left after taxes and other obligatory payments to the state?