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Private sector vs. Public sector

Safety and quality inspectors. 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
30k40k50k60k PRIVATE SECTOR 37 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 42 800 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 percentile30 400 kr33 000 kr+8.6%
25th percentile33 000 kr35 800 kr+8.5%
Median37 000 kr42 800 kr+15.7%
75th percentile45 600 kr55 900 kr+22.6%
90th percentile62 800 kr61 800 kr−1.6%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Safety and quality inspectors 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.