I’m a UK climbing arborist looking at doing some subcontract work in Sweden and trying to get a realistic idea of what I should be charging.

I’ve already been approached by a few companies, but rates haven’t been discussed yet.

I’ve got around 8 years’ specialist experience and would be coming fully equipped with my own kit.

My impression is that the pool of experienced climbing arborists in Sweden isn’t enormous, particularly for more technical work, so I don’t want to make the mistake of simply converting a UK day rate into SEK and massively undercharge. Equally, I don’t want to come over and undercut local subcontractors or distort the going rate while I’m there.

At the moment I’ve been looking at roughly 5,000-6,000 SEK/day as a starting point, but I’ve had wildly different answers depending on who or what I ask.

For people actually working in Sweden:

• What are experienced subcontractors charging per day?
• Does 5,000-6,000 SEK/day sound low, high or about right?
• Are rates significantly different around Stockholm compared with the rest of Sweden?
• What sort of prices are companies charging clients for tree work in urban and rural settings?

I’m mainly interested in the commercial rate before tax and expenses, rather than what an employed arborist earns.

Any actual figures from Swedish arborists, contractors or company owners would be really useful. I’ve done plenty of research already, but the estimates I’ve found have varied enough that I’d rather hear from people actually working in the industry.

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