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Private sector vs. Public sector

Firefighters. 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
40k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 40 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 37 500 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 percentile35 100 kr33 600 kr−4.3%
25th percentile37 100 kr35 600 kr−4.0%
Median40 400 kr37 500 kr−7.2%
75th percentile43 600 kr40 200 kr−7.8%
90th percentile51 000 kr44 300 kr−13.1%
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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Firefighters 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.