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Private sector vs. Public sector

Travel guides. 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
25k30k35k PRIVATE SECTOR 30 500 kr PUBLIC SECTOR 32 500 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 percentile26 000 kr29 200 kr+12.3%
25th percentile27 700 kr30 900 kr+11.6%
Median30 500 kr32 500 kr+6.6%
75th percentile34 800 kr35 500 kr+2.0%
90th percentile36 900 kr38 300 kr+3.8%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Full pages
Travel guides 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.