2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Economic assistants. 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
30k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 38 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 35 000 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 percentile30 000 kr30 700 kr+2.3%
25th percentile33 100 kr32 700 kr−1.2%
Median38 000 kr35 000 kr−7.9%
75th percentile42 000 kr37 400 kr−11.0%
90th percentile46 900 kr39 900 kr−14.9%
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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Economic assistants 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.