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Private sector vs. Public sector

Cleaners and helpers in offices, hotels and other establishments. 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
25k28k30k33k PRIVATE SECTOR 28 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 28 200 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 percentile25 100 kr25 100 kr+0.0%
25th percentile27 000 kr26 700 kr−1.1%
Median28 700 kr28 200 kr−1.7%
75th percentile29 800 kr29 700 kr−0.3%
90th percentile32 000 kr31 200 kr−2.5%
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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Cleaners and helpers in offices, hotels and other establishments 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.