2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Market and sales assistants. 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
30k40k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 39 300 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 36 600 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 percentile29 000 kr33 500 kr+15.5%
25th percentile34 300 kr35 800 kr+4.4%
Median39 300 kr36 600 kr−6.9%
75th percentile45 700 kr42 000 kr−8.1%
90th percentile53 800 kr45 800 kr−14.9%
Sources

How this page was made

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