2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Headmasters, 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
50k60k70k PRIVATE SECTOR 59 100 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 60 500 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 percentile45 900 kr52 300 kr+13.9%
25th percentile52 500 kr56 000 kr+6.7%
Median59 100 kr60 500 kr+2.4%
75th percentile65 200 kr64 700 kr−0.8%
90th percentile73 700 kr69 500 kr−5.7%
Sources

How this page was made

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