2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Production managers in manufacturing, level 1. 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
60k80k100k PRIVATE SECTOR 65 300 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 57 900 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 percentile43 100 kr49 000 kr+13.7%
25th percentile51 400 kr51 600 kr+0.4%
Median65 300 kr57 900 kr−11.3%
75th percentile84 200 kr85 000 kr+1.0%
90th percentile106 200 kr102 500 kr−3.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Production managers in manufacturing, level 1 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.