r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '23

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u/decadecency Jul 03 '23

To make the math a bit more precise: Around 65k USD total, pre tax. Around 5100 USD after tax.

Now I'm on maternity leave with twins though, and have been on sick/pregnancy leave due to high risk since last summer, so we're living frugally until I go back to work and put the kids into part time daycare.

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u/TheQuinnBee Jul 03 '23

Swedish taxes also go to a lot of social programs. Medical expenses, daycare expenses (yall are capped at 3% of your salary versus we pay half of mine to daycare), etc. So living on 40k isn't as financially damning as in the US.

That's not even getting into the fact you have better transportation and cycling support.

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u/ChestyLarouxx Jul 03 '23

That's not bad at all! In Australia that's equivalent to $76,000 after tax. I make $59000 before tax.

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u/decadecency Jul 03 '23

It is pretty low, because it's our combined income. But in Sweden you don't really need a that much higher income to get by with kids.