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Private sector vs. Public sector

Ships deck officers . 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
40k50k60k70k PRIVATE SECTOR 47 900 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 53 800 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 percentile38 500 kr47 800 kr+24.2%
25th percentile44 000 kr49 800 kr+13.2%
Median47 900 kr53 800 kr+12.3%
75th percentile52 300 kr62 000 kr+18.5%
90th percentile56 200 kr68 400 kr+21.7%
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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Ships deck officers 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.