What "free" actually costs

Two people with the same job, one in Stockholm and one in Austin. Every krona and every cent, from the moment the employer commits the money to the moment it leaves your account — and what is left ten years later.

Profession Lawyer
$54,433
$235,000
Step
StockholmMannheimer Swartling
Austin, TexasVinson & Elkins

After every tax, in both countries

Stockholm keeps
Austin keeps

Ten years of saving what is left

Every tax the Swedish worker pays
Assumptions, and where this comparison is weakest