Physicists and astronomers
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
Where you sit in the distribution
Drag the marker, or type a figure
51 200 kr · 50th
40 000 kr10th
43 300 kr25th
51 200 kr50th
59 100 kr75th
67 900 kr90th
That is the median — half of physicists and astronomers 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.
| Sector | Median | vs. Sweden |
|---|---|---|
| Sweden This page | 51 200 kr | — |
| Private sector | 60 800 kr | +18.8% |
| Non-manual workers private sector | 60 800 kr | +18.8% |
| County council sector | 52 500 kr | +2.5% |
| Public sector | 50 000 kr | −2.3% |
| Central government | 49 500 kr | −3.3% |
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 2111, Physicists and astronomers. Mapped to our taxonomy as physicists-and-astronomers.
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.