2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Office clerks not elsewhere classified. 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
30k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 36 800 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 34 500 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 percentile27 500 kr28 900 kr+5.1%
25th percentile32 000 kr31 900 kr−0.3%
Median36 800 kr34 500 kr−6.3%
75th percentile42 000 kr37 200 kr−11.4%
90th percentile48 000 kr40 400 kr−15.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Office clerks not elsewhere classified 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.