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Private sector vs. Public sector

Engineering professionals in building construction. 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
40k50k60k70k PRIVATE SECTOR 51 100 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 59 600 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 percentile39 500 kr51 100 kr+29.4%
25th percentile45 000 kr55 200 kr+22.7%
Median51 100 kr59 600 kr+16.6%
75th percentile62 000 kr64 000 kr+3.2%
90th percentile73 100 kr70 000 kr−4.2%
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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Engineering professionals in building construction 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.