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Private sector vs. Public sector

Librarians and archivists. 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
30k40k50k60k PRIVATE SECTOR 40 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 38 200 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 percentile31 700 kr33 900 kr+6.9%
25th percentile36 500 kr35 800 kr−1.9%
Median40 000 kr38 200 kr−4.5%
75th percentile44 600 kr40 700 kr−8.7%
90th percentile58 500 kr43 900 kr−25.0%
Sources

How this page was made

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