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Private sector vs. Public sector

Counselling professionals. 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
35k40k45k PRIVATE SECTOR 41 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 41 300 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 percentile36 900 kr36 800 kr−0.3%
25th percentile38 800 kr39 000 kr+0.5%
Median41 700 kr41 300 kr−1.0%
75th percentile45 300 kr43 700 kr−3.5%
90th percentile47 900 kr46 100 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.
Full pages
Counselling professionals 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.