2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Business services agents not elsewhere classified. 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
40k50k60k PRIVATE SECTOR 40 900 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 39 200 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 percentile33 200 kr35 500 kr+6.9%
25th percentile35 500 kr37 300 kr+5.1%
Median40 900 kr39 200 kr−4.2%
75th percentile48 000 kr43 000 kr−10.4%
90th percentile61 200 kr44 500 kr−27.3%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Business services agents not elsewhere classified 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.