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Title: Bookkeeper hourly rate in Sweden, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: Bookkeeper pay in Sweden: median wage €18 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €25. Wage percentiles from the 10th to the 90th and the rate by level.

Sweden · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Bookkeeper hourly rate in Sweden

The market median wage for a Bookkeeper in Sweden is **€18.49 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€25 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€25/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€18.49/hr** median wage

**€16-20** middle half of wages

**€540** a month at 5 hours a week

## Bookkeeper wage percentiles in Sweden

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | €15.49 | €340 | €32,200 |
| 25th | €16.46 | €360 | €34,200 |
| Median | €18.49 | €400 | €38,500 |
| 75th | €20.14 | €440 | €41,900 |
| 90th | €22.64 | €490 | €47,100 |

Source: Eurostat, 2022; aged to October 2026. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Sweden in numbers

What sets Sweden apart for a Bookkeeper, from the same sources as the table above.

- **€23** country floor: no Sweden rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for a Bookkeeper in Sweden by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist (country floor) | €23 | €500 |
| Senior | €25 | €540 |

- Regular role **€25**

- One-off task **€30**

- Task bundle **€30**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the Sweden floor of €23 applies instead.

## Bookkeeper pay in other countries

Typical contractor rate for a senior Bookkeeper, highest first; 9 of 26 places shown.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Denmark | €29.92 | €45 |
| Luxembourg | €26.44 | €40 |
| Ireland | €25.76 | €36 |
| Germany | €24.19 | €35 |
| Belgium | €23.96 | €35 |
| Netherlands | €20.33 | €30 |
| Austria | €20.08 | €30 |
| Finland | €18.27 | €25 |
| France | €15.29 | €22 |

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Bookkeeper rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/bookkeeper/) · [Bookkeeper jobs in Sweden](https://deftridge.com/jobs/bookkeeper/sweden/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
