2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Berry pickers and planters. 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
25k30k PRIVATE SECTOR 27 600 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 27 000 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 percentile24 600 kr25 000 kr+1.6%
25th percentile25 600 kr25 700 kr+0.4%
Median27 600 kr27 000 kr−2.2%
75th percentile29 900 kr27 500 kr−8.0%
90th percentile32 100 kr28 500 kr−11.2%
Sources

How this page was made

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