Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 250 kr
Municipal tax
- 541 kr
Other tax
- 19.77 kr
Total tax
- 561 kr
Net pay
* 2 689 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.5%
Average tax rate
17.3%
82.7%
Net pay
17.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 689 kr
Net pay
1 021 kr
Tax the employer pays
561 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 582 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 021 kr to pay you 3 250 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.87 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.3% tax rate now rises to 37.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 39 000 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 6 733 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32 267 kr per year, or 2 689 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 17.3% and your marginal tax rate is 35.5%. 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 35.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 645 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 226 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 33 148
15.0%
1
Skåne
SEK 32 766
16.0%
2
Halland
SEK 32 625
16.3%
3
Södermanland
SEK 32 549
16.5%
4
Uppsala
SEK 32 549
16.5%
5
Örebro
SEK 32 549
16.5%
6
Värmland
SEK 32 537
16.6%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 32 516
16.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 32 472
16.7%
9
Jönköping
SEK 32 452
16.8%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 32 444
16.8%
11
Östergötland
SEK 32 452
16.8%
12
Dalarna
SEK 32 412
16.9%
13
Gotland
SEK 32 412
16.9%
14
Kalmar
SEK 32 400
16.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 32 379
17.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 32 291
17.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 32 267
17.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 32 239
17.3%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 32 215
17.4%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 32 183
17.5%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 39 000
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 39 000
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 39 000
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 39 000
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 39 000
0.0%
5
Spain
SEK 36 524
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 36 052
7.6%
7
Italy
SEK 35 416
9.2%
8
France
SEK 35 217
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 34 710
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 34 690
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 33 930
13.0%
12
Sweden
SEK 33 148
15.0%
13
Hungary
SEK 31 785
18.5%
14
Ukraine
SEK 31 395
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 30 624
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 30 479
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 29 036
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 27 007
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 26 520
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 25 580
34.4%
21
Netherlands
SEK 24 535
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 22 815
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 35 622
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 33 563
13.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 39 000
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 39 000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 39 000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 38 494
1.3%
4
Thailand
SEK 37 050
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 36 958
5.2%
6
Indonesia
SEK 35 840
8.1%
7
Taiwan
SEK 35 548
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 34 798
10.8%
9
Malaysia
SEK 34 396
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 34 363
11.9%
11
India
SEK 34 320
12.0%
12
China
SEK 33 623
13.8%
13
Vietnam
SEK 32 703
16.2%
14
Japan
SEK 31 691
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 30 888
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 37 346
4.2%
1
Colombia
SEK 39 390
7.3%
2
Brazil
SEK 35 903
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
SEK 35 899
8.0%
4
Ecuador
SEK 35 314
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 35 260
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 34 905
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 34 710
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 34 125
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 32 136
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 31 474
19.3%
11
Argentina
SEK 27 658
29.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 38 610
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 36 021
7.6%
2
Kenya
SEK 33 319
14.6%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 32 838
15.8%
4
Cameroon
SEK 32 815
15.9%
5
Mozambique
SEK 31 727
18.7%
6
Zambia
SEK 31 071
20.3%
7
Ghana
SEK 30 496
21.8%
8
Angola
SEK 29 738
23.8%
9
Senegal
SEK 28 721
26.4%
10
Uganda
SEK 28 555
26.8%
11
Nigeria
SEK 27 878
28.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 39 000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 37 050
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 37 050
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 35 880
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 35 880
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 34 710
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 33 872
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 31 305
19.7%
8
Egypt
SEK 30 746
21.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 24 772
36.5%
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.