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A small secret: here in Stockholm, the apartment prices have gone down recently; you can buy a 1-2 room apartment and pay less than $700/month in the city cente
by ptr 8y ago
A small secret: here in Stockholm, the apartment prices have gone down recently; you can buy a 1-2 room apartment and pay less than $700/month in the city center (a down payment is needed though). The salaries for software engineers are typically 70k-100k USD.
- sgift 8y ago> (a down payment is needed though) That's the thing though, isn't it? If you have the money for a down payment you are probably not in the group of people most affected by rents spiraling up.
- jFriedensreich 8y agoalso is it not near impossible to actually get an appartment like that without putting your children on the waiting list allready?
- ptr 8y agoNo, that's for rentals. Most apartments in Stockholm are bought due to the rental market being the way it is.
- dagw 8y agoThe salaries for software engineers are typically 70k-100k USD. Are they? Most jobs I see seem to pay in the 40-50ksek month bracket. Don't think I've ever seen a 'normal' software engineering job paying over 60ksek. But admittedly it's been a couple of years since I was actively job-searching in Stockholm.
- ptr 8y agoI'm not sure how much the salaries have increased the last couple of years, but I'm regularly seeing offers of 50-60ksek (excluding bonus and options/equity) for a full stack or senior software engineer with a couple of years under the belt. I personally know SWEs that make 100ksek+. Lead SWE positions go for 60-80ksek.
- collyw 8y agoThat's interesting. When I have had a quick look at Sweden I was surprised how low the software salaries were (though it wasn't an extensive search). I hear that the cost of living is pretty high. The Swedish bosses i worked for thought that Barcelona apartments were cheap. What would you pay in rent for the apartments you are talking about?