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Professors

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

Data released SCB lönestruktur 2025 SCB · SSYK 2012 4-digit
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77 800 kr · 50th
65 500 kr10th
71 500 kr25th
77 800 kr50th
84 800 kr75th
94 600 kr90th

That is the medianhalf of professors 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 page77 800 kr
Private sector83 500 kr+7.3%
Non-manual workers private sector83 500 kr+7.3%
Public sector76 700 kr−1.4%
Central government76 700 kr−1.4%
Sources

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Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Occupation
SSYK 2012 2311, Professors. Mapped to our taxonomy as professors.

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.