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Private sector vs. Public sector

Department managers in social and curative 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
60k80k PRIVATE SECTOR 57 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 72 800 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 percentile47 500 kr62 800 kr+32.2%
25th percentile52 800 kr67 200 kr+27.3%
Median57 000 kr72 800 kr+27.7%
75th percentile63 400 kr77 900 kr+22.9%
90th percentile77 200 kr84 000 kr+8.8%
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 social and curative 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.