2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Human resource 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
40k60k80k100k PRIVATE SECTOR 60 200 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 64 300 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 percentile38 000 kr52 300 kr+37.6%
25th percentile49 000 kr57 400 kr+17.1%
Median60 200 kr64 300 kr+6.8%
75th percentile81 200 kr72 900 kr−10.2%
90th percentile104 000 kr81 800 kr−21.3%
Sources

How this page was made

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