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Title: PR & Communications hourly rate in Sweden, 2026 | Deftridge
Summary: PR & Communications pay in Sweden: median wage €17 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate €25. Source: Eurostat, 2022.

Sweden · **Updated November 3, 2026**

# PR & Communications hourly rate in Sweden

The market median wage for a PR & Communications in Sweden is **€17.25 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **€25 an hour** on Deftridge.

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

**€17.25/hr** median wage

**€14-18** middle half of wages

**€540** a month at 5 hours a week

## PR & Communications 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 | €12.34 | €270 | €25,700 |
| 25th | €13.96 | €300 | €29,000 |
| Median | €17.25 | €370 | €35,900 |
| 75th | €18.08 | €390 | €37,600 |
| 90th | €21.75 | €470 | €45,200 |

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 PR & Communications, 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 PR & Communications 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 | €25 | €540 |
| Manager | €30 | €650 |
| Director | €35 | €760 |

- Regular role **€25**

- One-off task **€30**

- Task bundle **€25**

## PR & Communications pay in other countries

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

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | €33.41 | €50 |
| Belgium | €29.33 | €45 |
| Ireland | €29.02 | €40 |
| Luxembourg | €27.63 | €40 |
| Denmark | €26.49 | €40 |
| Netherlands | €21.28 | €30 |
| Austria | €20.65 | €30 |
| Finland | €19.71 | €30 |
| France | €17.02 | €25 |

## 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.

[PR & Communications rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/pr-and-communications/) · [PR & Communications jobs in Sweden](https://deftridge.com/jobs/pr-and-communications/sweden/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
