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Private sector vs. Public sector

Security guards. 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
30k35k40k PRIVATE SECTOR 35 000 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 34 400 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 percentile31 600 kr30 000 kr−5.1%
25th percentile33 200 kr32 200 kr−3.0%
Median35 000 kr34 400 kr−1.7%
75th percentile37 300 kr37 200 kr−0.3%
90th percentile39 300 kr40 500 kr+3.1%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
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Security guards 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.