2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Restaurant and kitchen helpers. 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
25k30k PRIVATE SECTOR 28 300 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 28 300 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 percentile22 700 kr24 900 kr+9.7%
25th percentile26 000 kr26 500 kr+1.9%
Median28 300 kr28 300 kr+0.0%
75th percentile30 600 kr30 000 kr−2.0%
90th percentile33 300 kr31 900 kr−4.2%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Restaurant and kitchen helpers 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.