2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Rail and road construction workers. 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 40 700 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 35 000 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 percentile32 000 kr30 200 kr−5.6%
25th percentile35 500 kr32 200 kr−9.3%
Median40 700 kr35 000 kr−14.0%
75th percentile44 200 kr38 500 kr−12.9%
90th percentile51 400 kr42 300 kr−17.7%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Rail and road construction workers 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.