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Private sector vs. Public sector

Car reconditioning labourers, window cleaners and other hand cleaning workers. 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
25k30k35k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 30 600 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 28 000 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 percentile23 500 kr23 400 kr−0.4%
25th percentile27 900 kr25 200 kr−9.7%
Median30 600 kr28 000 kr−8.5%
75th percentile35 000 kr30 500 kr−12.9%
90th percentile39 700 kr32 800 kr−17.4%
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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Car reconditioning labourers, window cleaners and other hand cleaning workers 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.