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Private sector vs. Public sector

Other physicians. 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
50k75k100k PRIVATE SECTOR 60 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 47 500 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 percentile41 400 kr36 300 kr−12.3%
25th percentile50 400 kr40 600 kr−19.4%
Median60 400 kr47 500 kr−21.4%
75th percentile101 000 kr53 500 kr−47.0%
90th percentile110 000 kr68 200 kr−38.0%
Sources

How this page was made

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