2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Social work professions not elsewhere classified

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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37 500 kr · 50th
30 700 kr10th
34 200 kr25th
37 500 kr50th
40 500 kr75th
43 900 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 page37 500 kr
Central government41 500 kr+10.7%
Public sector37 600 kr+0.3%
Primary municipalities37 500 kr+0.0%
Private sector36 400 kr−2.9%
Non-manual workers private sector36 400 kr−2.9%
County council sector30 200 kr−19.5%
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 2669, Social work professions not elsewhere classified. Mapped to our taxonomy as social-work-professions-not-elsewhere-classified.

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.