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Private sector vs. Public sector

Gardeners, parks and grounds. 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
25k30k35k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 30 900 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 31 300 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 percentile25 800 kr26 700 kr+3.5%
25th percentile28 200 kr29 000 kr+2.8%
Median30 900 kr31 300 kr+1.3%
75th percentile34 400 kr33 800 kr−1.7%
90th percentile40 000 kr37 100 kr−7.2%
Sources

How this page was made

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