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Ulrika Vedin

is research officer at The Swedish Trade Union Confederation LO (picture above).

Facts

In 2017, women's average monthly pay was 31 700 kronor (€3,015) while men made 35 700 kronor (€3,395) – a pay gap of 11.3 %. That is 0.7 percentage points less than in 2016.

There is great variation between different sectors. The greatest pay gap is found in the county councils (20.6 %), the smallest within municipalities (3.1 %).

It is common to apply a so-called standard weighing in wage statistics. This allows you to take into account differences that occur because men and women are represented differently across occupations, sectors, educations, ages and working hours. This gives you a wage difference between men and women of 4.3 %. 

(Source: The Swedish National Mediation Office)

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