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Private sector vs. Public sector

Research and development managers, level 2. 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
60k80k100k120k PRIVATE SECTOR 78 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 61 800 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 percentile56 100 kr51 800 kr−7.7%
25th percentile64 400 kr56 200 kr−12.7%
Median78 000 kr61 800 kr−20.8%
75th percentile99 600 kr70 000 kr−29.7%
90th percentile120 500 kr75 000 kr−37.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Research and development managers, level 2 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.