2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Office receptionists. 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
25k30k35k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 30 900 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 30 800 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 percentile22 700 kr26 100 kr+15.0%
25th percentile26 100 kr28 500 kr+9.2%
Median30 900 kr30 800 kr−0.3%
75th percentile35 200 kr33 300 kr−5.4%
90th percentile39 400 kr36 500 kr−7.4%
Sources

How this page was made

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