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Resident physicians

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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56 300 kr · 50th
51 000 kr10th
53 000 kr25th
56 300 kr50th
61 600 kr75th
70 400 kr90th

That is the medianhalf of resident physicians 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 page56 300 kr
Private sector57 500 kr+2.1%
Non-manual workers private sector57 500 kr+2.1%
Public sector56 000 kr−0.5%
County council sector56 000 kr−0.5%
Primary municipalities55 800 kr−0.9%
Sources

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Wage data
Statistics Sweden (SCB), salary structure statistics (lönestrukturstatistik), 2025. Gross monthly salary, full-time equivalents.
Occupation
SSYK 2012 2212, Resident physicians. Mapped to our taxonomy as resident-physicians.

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.