Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 8.72 kr
Total tax
- 8.72 kr
Net pay
* 1 491 kr
Marginal tax rate
2.4%
Average tax rate
0.6%
99.4%
Net pay
0.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 491 kr
Net pay
471 kr
Tax the employer pays
8.72 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
480 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 471 kr to pay you 1 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.20 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 24.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18 000 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 105 kr. That means that your net pay will be 17 895 kr per year, or 1 491 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 0.6% and your marginal tax rate is 2.4%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 2.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 97.57 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 976 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4 879 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Skåne
SEK 17 903
0.5%
1
Stockholm
SEK 17 903
0.5%
2
Blekinge
SEK 17 895
0.6%
3
Dalarna
SEK 17 895
0.6%
4
Gotland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
5
Gävleborg
SEK 17 895
0.6%
6
Halland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
7
Jämtland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
8
Jönköping
SEK 17 895
0.6%
9
Kalmar
SEK 17 895
0.6%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 17 895
0.6%
11
Norrbotten
SEK 17 888
0.6%
12
Södermanland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
13
Uppsala
SEK 17 895
0.6%
14
Värmland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
15
Västerbotten
SEK 17 895
0.6%
16
Västernorrland
SEK 17 888
0.6%
17
Västmanland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
18
Västra Götaland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
19
Örebro
SEK 17 895
0.6%
20
Östergötland
SEK 17 895
0.6%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 18 000
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 18 000
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 18 000
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 18 000
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 18 000
0.0%
5
Sweden
SEK 17 903
0.5%
6
Spain
SEK 16 857
6.4%
7
Switzerland
SEK 16 480
8.4%
8
Italy
SEK 16 346
9.2%
9
France
SEK 16 254
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 16 020
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
SEK 16 011
11.1%
12
Russia
SEK 15 660
13.0%
13
Hungary
SEK 14 670
18.5%
14
Ukraine
SEK 14 490
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 14 134
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 14 067
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 13 401
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 12 465
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 12 240
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 11 451
36.4%
21
Netherlands
SEK 11 328
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 10 530
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
SEK 16 563
8.0%
1
USA
SEK 16 441
8.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 18 000
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 18 000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 18 000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 17 883
0.7%
4
Thailand
SEK 17 100
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 16 832
6.5%
6
Indonesia
SEK 16 508
8.3%
7
Taiwan
SEK 16 407
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 16 076
10.7%
9
New Zealand
SEK 15 860
11.9%
10
India
SEK 15 840
12.0%
11
Malaysia
SEK 15 840
12.0%
12
China
SEK 15 627
13.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 15 304
15.0%
14
Japan
SEK 14 627
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 14 256
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 17 572
2.4%
1
Brazil
SEK 16 650
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 16 569
8.0%
3
Colombia
SEK 16 560
8.0%
4
Ecuador
SEK 16 299
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 16 274
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 16 110
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 16 020
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 15 750
12.5%
9
Argentina
SEK 14 940
17.0%
10
Chile
SEK 14 832
17.6%
11
Uruguay
SEK 14 742
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 17 820
1.0%
1
Zambia
SEK 16 920
6.0%
2
Morocco
SEK 16 787
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 15 891
11.7%
4
Kenya
SEK 15 719
12.7%
5
Cameroon
SEK 15 187
15.6%
6
Uganda
SEK 15 087
16.2%
7
Mozambique
SEK 15 026
16.5%
8
Senegal
SEK 15 007
16.6%
9
Ghana
SEK 14 730
18.2%
10
Angola
SEK 14 060
21.9%
11
Nigeria
SEK 13 454
25.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 18 000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 17 100
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 17 100
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 16 560
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 16 560
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 16 020
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 15 633
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 15 183
15.7%
8
Egypt
SEK 14 558
19.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 13 932
22.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Blekinge tables of Sweden, 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.