2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Chemists. 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
40k60k80k PRIVATE SECTOR 53 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 46 400 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 percentile40 400 kr39 000 kr−3.5%
25th percentile46 000 kr41 900 kr−8.9%
Median53 700 kr46 400 kr−13.6%
75th percentile64 000 kr52 000 kr−18.8%
90th percentile77 400 kr58 200 kr−24.8%
Sources

How this page was made

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