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Title: BD Manager hourly rate in Sweden | Deftridge
Summary: Business Development Manager pay in Sweden: median wage €27 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €40. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Sweden · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# Business Development Manager hourly rate in Sweden

The market median wage for a Business Development Manager in Sweden is **€26.60 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€40 an hour** on Deftridge.

**€40/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**€26.60/hr** median wage

**€21-31** middle half of wages

**€870** a month at 5 hours a week

## Business Development Manager 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 | €18.39 | €400 | €38,300 |
| 25th | €21.24 | €460 | €44,200 |
| Median | €26.60 | €580 | €55,300 |
| 75th | €31.20 | €680 | €64,900 |
| 90th | €33.91 | €730 | €70,500 |

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 Business Development Manager, 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 Business Development Manager 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Senior | €40 | €870 |
| Manager | €45 | €980 |
| Director | €55 | €1,190 |

- Regular role **€40**

- One-off task **€45**

- Task bundle **€40**

- Expert hour **€50**

## Business Development Manager pay in other countries

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Luxembourg | €43.05 | €60 |
| Denmark | €40.75 | €60 |
| Belgium | €38.09 | €55 |
| Germany | €35.96 | €50 |
| Ireland | €34.17 | €50 |
| Finland | €33.67 | €50 |
| Austria | €32.78 | €50 |
| Italy | €32.69 | €45 |
| Netherlands | €30.17 | €45 |

## 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.

[Business Development Manager rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/business-development-manager/) · [Business Development Manager jobs in Sweden](https://deftridge.com/jobs/business-development-manager/sweden/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)