Recycling collectors
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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33 600 kr · 50th
29 500 kr10th
31 800 kr25th
33 600 kr50th
35 700 kr75th
38 200 kr90th
That is the median — half of recycling collectors 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 | 33 600 kr | — |
| Private sector | 33 700 kr | +0.3% |
| Manual workers private sector | 33 700 kr | +0.3% |
| Public sector | 31 900 kr | −5.1% |
| Primary municipalities | 31 900 kr | −5.1% |
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 9610, Recycling collectors. Mapped to our taxonomy as recycling-collectors.
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.