2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Assistant nurses, hospital ward. 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 33 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 34 300 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 percentile29 000 kr29 300 kr+1.0%
25th percentile30 200 kr31 500 kr+4.3%
Median33 400 kr34 300 kr+2.7%
75th percentile36 600 kr37 800 kr+3.3%
90th percentile40 100 kr42 000 kr+4.7%
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, hospital ward 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.