2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Dental 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
30k35k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 34 500 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 31 500 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 kr26 700 kr−6.0%
25th percentile31 100 kr28 500 kr−8.4%
Median34 500 kr31 500 kr−8.7%
75th percentile36 600 kr34 600 kr−5.5%
90th percentile40 400 kr37 600 kr−6.9%
Sources

How this page was made

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