2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Personnel and human resources specialist. 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
40k60k PRIVATE SECTOR 50 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 46 000 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 percentile36 200 kr37 500 kr+3.6%
25th percentile42 400 kr41 400 kr−2.4%
Median50 400 kr46 000 kr−8.7%
75th percentile60 700 kr51 400 kr−15.3%
90th percentile74 900 kr57 000 kr−23.9%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Personnel and human resources specialist 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.