Salary dispersion by sector and sex 2024

SEK

    Percentile
    10 25 50 75 90 Average monthly salary
Total Women 26 500 30 000 35 700 44 000 55 100 39 300
  Men 27 900 32 100 38 600 49 400 64 600 43 800
  Total 27 100 31 000 37 100 46 500 60 000 41 600
  % 95 94 92 89 85 90
Primary local authorities Women 26 400 29 800 34 500 40 400 47 000 36 000
  Men 26 100 29 500 34 300 41 100 48 500 36 400
  Total 26 300 29 700 34 400 40 600 47 500 36 100
  % 101 101 101 98 97 99
County council Women 29 000 32 700 39 000 47 000 58 100 42 800
  Men 29 200 34 600 43 600 58 200 93 900 52 000
  Total 29 100 33 000 39 800 49 000 67 700 44 900
  % 99 95 90 81 62 82
Central government Women 31 000 34 300 40 700 49 700 59 000 43 500
  Men 31 300 35 600 43 600 53 100 64 000 46 200
  Total 31 100 34 900 42 000 51 400 61 500 44 800
  % 99 96 93 94 92 94
Public Women 27 300 30 900 36 000 43 000 51 500 38 500
  Men 27 400 31 600 38 000 47 500 59 200 42 000
  Total 27 300 31 100 36 500 44 200 53 700 39 500
  % 99 98 95 91 87 92
Private, manual workers Women 24 500 27 000 30 000 33 800 38 100 30 800
  Men 26 700 30 000 33 900 38 700 43 300 34 600
  Total 25 600 28 500 32 400 37 100 42 000 33 200
  % 92 90 88 87 88 89
Private, non-manual workers Women 30 500 35 900 43 000 53 600 68 500 47 600
  Men 34 300 40 500 50 200 62 900 80 200 55 600
  Total 32 200 38 000 46 900 59 400 75 700 52 000
  % 89 89 86 85 85 86

Definitions and explanations

% Women's salary as a percent of men's

Percentiles

The share of employees who have the same or lower salary than shown by each measure:

  • 10th percentile 10 percent
  • 25th percentile 25 percent
  • 50th percentile 50 percent
  • 75th percentile 75 percent
  • 90th percentile 90 percent

More about the results

Source
SCB

Last updated
2025-06-17

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