2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Occupational therapist. 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
35k40k45k PRIVATE SECTOR 40 900 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 39 600 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 percentile35 300 kr33 700 kr−4.5%
25th percentile37 500 kr36 500 kr−2.7%
Median40 900 kr39 600 kr−3.2%
75th percentile43 800 kr42 000 kr−4.1%
90th percentile47 800 kr44 000 kr−7.9%
Sources

How this page was made

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