2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Protective services workers not elsewhere classified. 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
30k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 32 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 34 000 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 percentile27 400 kr28 400 kr+3.6%
25th percentile30 000 kr31 100 kr+3.7%
Median32 700 kr34 000 kr+4.0%
75th percentile35 600 kr39 600 kr+11.2%
90th percentile42 000 kr47 700 kr+13.6%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Protective services workers not elsewhere classified 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.