2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Company nurses. 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
40k45k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 44 600 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 46 000 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 percentile39 500 kr43 300 kr+9.6%
25th percentile42 000 kr44 500 kr+6.0%
Median44 600 kr46 000 kr+3.1%
75th percentile46 600 kr47 300 kr+1.5%
90th percentile48 800 kr49 000 kr+0.4%
Sources

How this page was made

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