2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Economists and macro analyst. 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 64 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 51 600 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 900 kr40 500 kr−5.6%
25th percentile51 500 kr44 800 kr−13.0%
Median64 700 kr51 600 kr−20.2%
75th percentile79 400 kr59 300 kr−25.3%
90th percentile91 000 kr69 600 kr−23.5%
Sources

How this page was made

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