Why track your salary?
Salary Progression Salary progression describes how your salary changes over time — from job to job, from negotiation to negotiation. Tracking it gives you overview and negotiating power.
Most people know their current salary but have only a vague picture of how it has developed. When you track your salary history, you can see patterns: Did your salary increase most with job changes? Have your negotiations given you real increases? Has your pension grown?
What should you track?
- 1Gross salary
Your salary before tax and AM-bidrag — the number you negotiate
- 2Net salary
What you actually receive — affected by municipality and deductions
- 3Pension
Your own and employer's contributions — often overlooked but important
- 4Municipality
Municipal tax varies from 23.39% to 26.30% — it makes a big difference
When should you update?
At job change
The most important time. Job changes typically give 10-20% salary increase — document it.
Annual salary review
Even small raises accumulate over time. A 3% annual increase gives 34% over 10 years.
When pension changes
Changes in pension percentage or employer contributions significantly affect your total compensation.
Try Salary History
Our free salary history tool lets you register all your jobs and see your salary development over time — with charts, inflation overlay and pension calculation.
No login required. Everything is stored locally in your browser.
FAQ
Tracking your salary gives you overview and negotiating power. You can see patterns in your raises, compare with inflation and market, and document your career development for salary negotiations.
When changing jobs, most people experience a salary increase of 10-20%. Internal negotiations typically only give 2-4%. That's why job changes are often the most effective path to higher pay.
Everything is stored locally in your browser (localStorage). We don't send any data to servers. You can delete everything at any time, and your data disappears if you clear your browser data.
Use it for salary negotiations — show your development and compare with inflation and the market. You can also use it to see your pension savings grow over your career.
Ideally both. Gross salary is what you negotiate, but net salary is what you actually receive. Our tool calculates net salary automatically based on municipality and deductions.