2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Social work associate professionals. 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
30k35k40k45k PRIVATE SECTOR 36 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 37 000 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 200 kr32 100 kr+6.3%
25th percentile33 100 kr34 300 kr+3.6%
Median36 400 kr37 000 kr+1.6%
75th percentile40 000 kr40 000 kr+0.0%
90th percentile44 000 kr43 000 kr−2.3%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Social work associate professionals 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.