A friend of mine has a job offer with a choice of location as either Germany or Sweden but the salary offered in Germany is more. Reason being given is that salaries in Sweden are comparatively less.

Given that both are good economies, I would expect the cost of living in Germany to be higher than Sweden. However, I am getting mixed inputs when I search on the internet.

It seems a bit ironic that the cost of living will be high and salaries will be low in Sweden. If this is the case then people will always prefer Germany.

Any thoughts or inputs on this will be helpful.