2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Forestry 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
40k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 45 600 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 39 000 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 percentile34 900 kr33 000 kr−5.4%
25th percentile40 000 kr36 500 kr−8.8%
Median45 600 kr39 000 kr−14.5%
75th percentile51 000 kr42 100 kr−17.5%
90th percentile55 300 kr48 200 kr−12.8%
Sources

How this page was made

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