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Private sector vs. Public sector

Assistant nurses, home care and homes for the elderly. 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
30k35k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 31 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 33 800 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 percentile27 500 kr29 800 kr+8.4%
25th percentile29 400 kr31 600 kr+7.5%
Median31 700 kr33 800 kr+6.6%
75th percentile34 600 kr36 400 kr+5.2%
90th percentile37 600 kr39 200 kr+4.3%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
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Assistant nurses, home care and homes for the elderly 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.