Average monthly salary in private sector in Sweden 2014-2019
The majority of employees work in the private sector
Most of the inhabitants with a job in 2018 were employed in the private sector, reaching roughly 3.1 million inhabitants. Among the employees in the public sector, the largest group were municipal workers, amounting to around 1.2 million people, while around 304 thousand worked for the central government.
Banking, finance and insurance managers earn the most
The average salary in the private sector amounted to 34,300 Swedish kronor in 2018, but the salaries between occupations and industries may vary widely. For example, the occupation with the highest average salary in 2017 was managers in banking, finance or insurance companies, where the average salary amounted to 124,100 Swedish kronor per month.