2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals. 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 51 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 50 000 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 percentile41 300 kr46 700 kr+13.1%
25th percentile46 400 kr48 000 kr+3.4%
Median51 400 kr50 000 kr−2.7%
75th percentile62 100 kr54 200 kr−12.7%
90th percentile71 600 kr56 600 kr−20.9%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals 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.