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Private sector vs. Public sector

Administration and service managers not elsewhere classified, level 2. 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
40k60k80k PRIVATE SECTOR 56 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 55 500 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 percentile36 100 kr43 500 kr+20.5%
25th percentile43 600 kr48 600 kr+11.5%
Median56 700 kr55 500 kr−2.1%
75th percentile71 100 kr64 100 kr−9.8%
90th percentile89 700 kr74 500 kr−16.9%
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 2 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.