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Private sector vs. Public sector

Primary school teachers. 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
30k40k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 42 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 42 100 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 percentile30 500 kr32 900 kr+7.9%
25th percentile37 800 kr38 000 kr+0.5%
Median42 000 kr42 100 kr+0.2%
75th percentile45 800 kr46 100 kr+0.7%
90th percentile49 400 kr50 000 kr+1.2%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
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Primary school teachers 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.