2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Private sector vs. Public sector

Software- and system developers. 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 53 600 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 48 500 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 percentile39 800 kr38 600 kr−3.0%
25th percentile46 500 kr42 900 kr−7.7%
Median53 600 kr48 500 kr−9.5%
75th percentile63 000 kr53 900 kr−14.4%
90th percentile73 200 kr58 900 kr−19.5%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Software- and system developers 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.