2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Finance managers, level 2. 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
50k75k100k PRIVATE SECTOR 65 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 67 100 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 kr55 800 kr+30.1%
25th percentile52 500 kr60 600 kr+15.4%
Median65 000 kr67 100 kr+3.2%
75th percentile85 000 kr75 500 kr−11.2%
90th percentile116 200 kr83 000 kr−28.6%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Finance managers, level 2 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.