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Private sector vs. Public sector

Administration and service managers not elsewhere classified, level 1. Gross monthly salary, distribution against distribution.

Data released SCB lönestruktur 2025 SCB · SSYK 2012 4-digit
Fig. 1 — Side by side

Both distributions, one scale

10th to 90th percentile, median struck in red
40k60k80k100k PRIVATE SECTOR 63 500 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 72 400 kr
Table 1 — The figures

Point by point

Published percentiles for both metros; the last column is Public sector against Private sector.

Private sectorPublic sectorΔ
10th percentile40 000 kr54 700 kr+36.8%
25th percentile49 000 kr63 400 kr+29.4%
Median63 500 kr72 400 kr+14.0%
75th percentile83 100 kr83 900 kr+1.0%
90th percentile106 200 kr100 400 kr−5.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Administration and service managers not elsewhere classified, level 1 in Sweden

Percentiles are reported exactly as released. Derived (price-adjusted) figures round to the nearest hundred. We take no payment for how any figure is presented. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), open data.