2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Social work professions not elsewhere classified. 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
30k40k50k PRIVATE SECTOR 36 400 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 37 600 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 percentile29 400 kr31 900 kr+8.5%
25th percentile31 000 kr35 000 kr+12.9%
Median36 400 kr37 600 kr+3.3%
75th percentile42 800 kr40 300 kr−5.8%
90th percentile50 000 kr43 000 kr−14.0%
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 professions not elsewhere classified 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.