Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2 535 kr
Municipal tax
- 296 kr
Other tax
- 10.51 kr
Total tax
- 306 kr
Net pay
* 2 229 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.8%
Average tax rate
12.1%
87.9%
Net pay
12.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 229 kr
Net pay
796 kr
Tax the employer pays
306 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 103 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 796 kr to pay you 2 535 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 12.1% tax rate now rises to 33.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 30 420 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 3 675 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26 745 kr per year, or 2 229 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 12.1% and your marginal tax rate is 35.8%. 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 35.83 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.17 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 642 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 209 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 27 785
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 26 783
12.0%
2
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.