2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Child care 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
25k30k PRIVATE SECTOR 27 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 28 600 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 percentile22 600 kr24 100 kr+6.6%
25th percentile24 500 kr26 100 kr+6.5%
Median27 000 kr28 600 kr+5.9%
75th percentile29 900 kr31 100 kr+4.0%
90th percentile32 000 kr33 200 kr+3.8%
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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Child care 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.