2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Cooks and cold-buffet managers. 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
30k35k PRIVATE SECTOR 32 500 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 31 900 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 percentile28 400 kr29 000 kr+2.1%
25th percentile30 000 kr30 400 kr+1.3%
Median32 500 kr31 900 kr−1.8%
75th percentile35 400 kr33 600 kr−5.1%
90th percentile38 100 kr35 600 kr−6.6%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Cooks and cold-buffet managers 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.