Sweden · Work Visa
Work permit categories, eligibility, sponsorship, application steps, and processing times.
Official route — published facts
Read off the responsible authority's own page. Only what it publishes appears here — a field we could not confirm is left out rather than estimated.
- Route
- Work permit (employed)
- Employer sponsorship
- Required — an employer must sponsor or nominate you
- Salary floor
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- SEK 34,470 — Salary requirement (90% of the Swedish median salary) (applies 2026-06-16) Per month. Set at 90% of the median salary published by Statistics Sweden (SCB), so it changes as the median does — and the requirement that counts is the one current when you applied.
- Annual cap
- No published cap found — this is not the same as the route being uncapped.
Official page: Swedish Migration Agency (Migrationsverket) ↗ · Read 2026-08
AI-drafted, editorially reviewed. Confirm specifics with the official authority.
A work permit is applied for by the employer's offer and decided by Migrationsverket before you travel, and the offer has to clear a salary test. Since 1 June 2026 that test is a salary requirement set at 90 per cent of the median salary in Sweden — it replaced the older "good living" maintenance requirement, and because it tracks the median it moves as the median does. The job must also have been advertised in the EU and EEA, and the employment terms must not be worse than the applicable collective agreement.
- Since 1 June 2026 the salary requirement is 90 per cent of the Swedish median salary.
- The requirement tracks the median, so the money amount changes as the median does.
- Terms must be no worse than the applicable collective agreement, and the job advertised in the EU/EEA.
Official authorities
- Migrationsverket
Work permits and the salary requirement.
Official-information aggregation, not legal advice. Always verify on the authority's own site.