PhD Students
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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34 000 kr · 50th
31 400 kr10th
32 500 kr25th
34 000 kr50th
35 700 kr75th
37 700 kr90th
That is the median — half of phd students 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 →
| Sector | Median | vs. Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden This page | 34 000 kr | — |
| Private sector | 34 600 kr | +1.8% |
| Non-manual workers private sector | 34 600 kr | +1.8% |
| Public sector | 33 700 kr | −0.9% |
| Central government | 33 700 kr | −0.9% |
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 2314, PhD Students. Mapped to our taxonomy as phd-students.
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.