2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Other service workers 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 27 100 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 28 500 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 percentile23 700 kr23 900 kr+0.8%
25th percentile26 300 kr24 000 kr−8.7%
Median27 100 kr28 500 kr+5.2%
75th percentile28 300 kr33 600 kr+18.7%
90th percentile30 300 kr43 400 kr+43.2%
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 service workers 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.