Average hourly earnings of manual workers in the private sector
Including variable supplements, excluding and including overtime pay and percentage of overtime hours, December 2025. SEK
| NACE | Branch of Industry | Average hourly earnings excluding overtime pay[1] |
Percentage change from December 2024 |
Percentage of overtime hours, December |
Average hourly earnings including overtime pay[1] |
Percentage change from December 2024 |
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| 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||||
| B-S excl. O | Total | 207.57 | ± | 1.15 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 210.03 | ± | 1.17 | 3.4 |
| B | Mining and quarrying | 312.04 | ± | 2.93 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 316.07 | ± | 2.89 | 4.3 |
| C | Manufacturing | 220.96 | ± | 1.96 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 224.76 | ± | 1.97 | 3.5 |
| B+C | Mining and quarrying + Manufacturing | 223.10 | ± | 1.93 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 226.90 | ± | 1.94 | 3.5 |
| 25–30+33 | Engineering industry | 218.69 | ± | 3.47 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 222.74 | ± | 3.47 | 3.5 |
| D | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply | 234.81 | ± | 5.84 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 240.28 | ± | 6.75 | 3.4 |
| E | Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation activities | 211.04 | ± | 1.92 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 215.60 | ± | 1.95 | 4.5 |
| F | Construction | 234.03 | ± | 3.43 | 4.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 237.11 | ± | 3.46 | 4.2 |
| G | Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 207.95 | ± | 2.52 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 209.31 | ± | 2.52 | 4.1 |
| H | Transportation and storage | 202.14 | ± | 3.73 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 206.63 | ± | 4.11 | 3.7 |
| I | Accommodation and food service activities | 174.76 | ± | 2.11 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 174.90 | ± | 2.12 | 1.9 |
| J | Information and communication | .. | ± | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ± | .. | .. |
| K | Financial and insurance activities | .. | ± | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ± | .. | .. |
| L | Real estate activities | 196.88 | ± | 2.10 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 198.64 | ± | 2.18 | 2.7 |
| M | Professional, scientific and technical activities | 200.21 | ± | 11.81 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 201.99 | ± | 11.59 | 2.5 |
| N | Administrative and support service activities | 191.56 | ± | 4.80 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 193.84 | ± | 4.79 | 1.8 |
| P | Education | 171.18 | ± | 1.95 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 171.44 | ± | 1.96 | 1.4 |
| Q | Human health and social work activities | 188.64 | ± | 2.65 | 4.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 189.73 | ± | 2.70 | 4.3 |
| R | Arts, entertainment and recreation | 177.17 | ± | 4.53 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 177.57 | ± | 4.55 | 0.8 |
| S | Other service activities | 187.83 | ± | 4.76 | 4.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 188.80 | ± | 4.77 | 4.6 |
1) A 95 % confidence interval for the average hourly earnings is given by the statistic ± the margin of uncertainty.
.. = Data not available.
