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Research and development managers, level 1

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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87 800 kr · 50th
59 500 kr10th
72 700 kr25th
87 800 kr50th
110 400 kr75th
136 100 kr90th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation 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 page87 800 kr
Private sector87 900 kr+0.1%
Non-manual workers private sector87 900 kr+0.1%
Public sector80 100 kr−8.8%
Central government80 100 kr−8.8%
Sources

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Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Occupation
SSYK 2012 1331, Research and development managers, level 1. Mapped to our taxonomy as research-and-development-managers-level-1.

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.