2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Professional nurses. 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 46 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 42 000 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 percentile38 300 kr34 900 kr−8.9%
25th percentile41 700 kr37 700 kr−9.6%
Median46 000 kr42 000 kr−8.7%
75th percentile51 300 kr47 200 kr−8.0%
90th percentile59 300 kr53 000 kr−10.6%
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 nurses 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.