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Firefighters

Sweden. Gross monthly salary for full-time equivalents, all sectors combined.

Data released SCB lönestruktur 2025 SCB · SSYK 2012 4-digit
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

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37 600 kr · 50th
33 700 kr10th
35 600 kr25th
37 600 kr50th
40 500 kr75th
44 600 kr90th

That is the medianhalf of firefighters in Sweden earn more.

Table 1 — By sector

The same job, sector by sector

Median gross monthly salary by sector, full-time equivalents. Swedish pay statistics split the private sector by manual and non-manual work. Compare private and public sector pay →

SectorMedianvs. Sweden
Sweden This page37 600 kr
Private sector40 400 kr+7.4%
Manual workers private sector40 400 kr+7.4%
Primary municipalities37 600 kr+0.0%
Public sector37 500 kr−0.3%
Central government32 700 kr−13.0%
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Occupation
SSYK 2012 5411, Firefighters. Mapped to our taxonomy as firefighters-se.

Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented. Source: Statistics Sweden (SCB), open data.