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Psychologists

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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48 400 kr · 50th
41 100 kr10th
43 800 kr25th
48 400 kr50th
52 700 kr75th
57 000 kr90th

That is the medianhalf of psychologists 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 page48 400 kr
Primary municipalities51 600 kr+6.6%
Central government50 300 kr+3.9%
Private sector48 700 kr+0.6%
Non-manual workers private sector48 700 kr+0.6%
Public sector48 300 kr−0.2%
County council sector46 500 kr−3.9%
Sources

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Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Occupation
SSYK 2012 2241, Psychologists. Mapped to our taxonomy as psychologists.

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.