2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Nurses - children. 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
40k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 44 100 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 46 300 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 kr40 500 kr+6.6%
25th percentile42 000 kr43 100 kr+2.6%
Median44 100 kr46 300 kr+5.0%
75th percentile46 300 kr50 400 kr+8.9%
90th percentile50 100 kr56 300 kr+12.4%
Sources

How this page was made

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