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Income tax calculator SwedenFind out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 40 000 kr
Other - 178 kr
Municipal tax - 11 583 kr
Total tax - 11 761 kr
Net pay * 28 239 kr
Marginal tax rate 33.6%
Average tax rate 29.4%
29.4%Total tax
70.6%
Net pay
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28 239 kr
Net pay
12 568 kr
Tax the employer pays
11 761 kr
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
kr 24,329
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 12 568 kr to pay you 40 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend kr 10 of your hard-earned money, kr 6.08 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.4% tax rate now rises to 46.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make 480 000 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 141 132 kr. That means that your net pay will be 338 868 kr per year, or 28 239 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.4% and your marginal tax rate is 33.6%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of kr 100 in your salary will be taxed kr 33.6, hence, your net pay will only increase by kr 66.4.

Bonus Example

A kr 1,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 664 of net incomes. A kr 5,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 3,320 of net incomes.

Tax per region
Country Net payAverage taxRank
StockholmSEK 338 86829.4%1
SkåneSEK 329 60431.3%2
HallandSEK 325 96832.1%3
VästerbottenSEK 316 65634.0%19
VästernorrlandSEK 316 04434.2%20
NorrbottenSEK 315 07234.4%21
Europe
Country Net payAverage taxRank
RussiaSEK 417 60013.0%1
IrelandSEK 409 42614.7%2
SwitzerlandSEK 408 68714.9%3
PortugalSEK 276 36242.4%21
RomaniaSEK 270 00043.8%22
BelgiumSEK 234 63951.1%23
Asia / Pacific
Country Net payAverage taxRank
Hong KongSEK 430 29110.4%1
TaiwanSEK 417 73913.0%2
ThailandSEK 397 58217.2%3
VietnamSEK 327 65931.7%14
ChinaSEK 315 58534.3%15
IndiaSEK 294 90238.6%16
North America
Country Net payAverage taxRank
United States of AmericaSEK 378 34521.2%1
CanadaSEK 342 49428.6%2
Latin America
Country Net payAverage taxRank
GuatemalaSEK 432 4509.9%1
Costa RicaSEK 399 69016.7%2
Puerto RicoSEK 399 42116.8%3
MexicoSEK 351 59626.8%10
UruguaySEK 327 01431.9%11
ArgentinaSEK 311 94135.0%12
Africa
Country Net payAverage taxRank
AngolaSEK 350 88126.9%1
South AfricaSEK 342 80028.6%2
KenyaSEK 340 91929.0%3
SenegalSEK 299 69237.6%10
UgandaSEK 298 80637.7%11
ZambiaSEK 298 07337.9%12
Middle East
Country Net payAverage taxRank
QatarSEK 456 0015.0%1
BahrainSEK 441 5948.0%2
OmanSEK 441 5758.0%3
IsraelSEK 378 88021.1%7
EgyptSEK 362 64624.4%8
TurkeySEK 281 21041.4%9
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Stockholm tables of SE, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.