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Private sector vs. Public sector

Department managers in elderly care, level 1. 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
40k60k80k PRIVATE SECTOR 52 100 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 69 400 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 percentile40 000 kr60 800 kr+52.0%
25th percentile43 900 kr64 700 kr+47.4%
Median52 100 kr69 400 kr+33.2%
75th percentile63 500 kr74 400 kr+17.2%
90th percentile85 800 kr80 500 kr−6.2%
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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Department managers in elderly care, level 1 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.