2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Policy administration professionals. 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
40k50k60k70k PRIVATE SECTOR 49 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 45 500 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 percentile36 100 kr35 100 kr−2.8%
25th percentile40 700 kr39 500 kr−2.9%
Median49 000 kr45 500 kr−7.1%
75th percentile58 000 kr52 700 kr−9.1%
90th percentile69 900 kr59 900 kr−14.3%
Sources

How this page was made

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