2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

District 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
40k45k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 46 500 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 46 700 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 percentile42 000 kr42 100 kr+0.2%
25th percentile44 600 kr44 200 kr−0.9%
Median46 500 kr46 700 kr+0.4%
75th percentile49 000 kr49 400 kr+0.8%
90th percentile52 600 kr52 500 kr−0.2%
Sources

How this page was made

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