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Private sector vs. Public sector

Professional midwifes. 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
40k50k60k PRIVATE SECTOR 46 800 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 48 600 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 percentile41 100 kr41 400 kr+0.7%
25th percentile43 200 kr44 200 kr+2.3%
Median46 800 kr48 600 kr+3.8%
75th percentile51 800 kr54 700 kr+5.6%
90th percentile58 100 kr61 500 kr+5.9%
Sources

How this page was made

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