2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Attendants. 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 33 100 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 percentile28 400 kr29 700 kr+4.6%
25th percentile30 300 kr31 900 kr+5.3%
Median33 100 kr34 300 kr+3.6%
75th percentile35 900 kr37 500 kr+4.5%
90th percentile37 900 kr41 100 kr+8.4%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Attendants 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.