Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 293 kr
Municipal tax
- 556 kr
Other tax
- 20.30 kr
Total tax
- 576 kr
Net pay
* 2 717 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.5%
Average tax rate
17.5%
82.5%
Net pay
17.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 717 kr
Net pay
1 035 kr
Tax the employer pays
576 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 611 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 035 kr to pay you 3 293 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.89 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.5% tax rate now rises to 37.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 39 516 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 6 916 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32 600 kr per year, or 2 717 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 17.5% 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 35.47 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.53 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 3 227 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 33 505
15.2%
1
Skåne
SEK 33 111
16.2%
2
Halland
SEK 32 967
16.6%
3
Södermanland
SEK 32 889
16.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 32 889
16.8%
5
Värmland
SEK 32 877
16.8%
6
Örebro
SEK 32 889
16.8%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 32 856
16.9%
8
Jönköping
SEK 32 789
17.0%
9
Kronoberg
SEK 32 780
17.0%
10
Västmanland
SEK 32 811
17.0%
11
Östergötland
SEK 32 789
17.0%
12
Dalarna
SEK 32 747
17.1%
13
Gotland
SEK 32 747
17.1%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 32 714
17.2%
15
Kalmar
SEK 32 735
17.2%
16
Jämtland
SEK 32 624
17.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 32 600
17.5%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 32 570
17.6%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 32 546
17.6%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 32 513
17.7%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 36 094
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 33 934
14.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 39 516
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 39 516
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 39 516
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 38 998
1.3%
4
Thailand
SEK 37 540
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 37 464
5.2%
6
Indonesia
SEK 36 292
8.2%
7
Taiwan
SEK 36 018
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 35 252
10.8%
9
Malaysia
SEK 34 851
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 34 818
11.9%
11
India
SEK 34 774
12.0%
12
China
SEK 33 708
14.7%
13
Vietnam
SEK 33 118
16.2%
14
Japan
SEK 32 110
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 31 297
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 39 121
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 36 454
7.8%
2
Kenya
SEK 33 673
14.8%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 33 245
15.9%
4
Cameroon
SEK 33 224
15.9%
5
Mozambique
SEK 32 125
18.7%
6
Zambia
SEK 31 363
20.6%
7
Ghana
SEK 30 861
21.9%
8
Angola
SEK 30 118
23.8%
9
Senegal
SEK 29 053
26.5%
10
Uganda
SEK 28 889
26.9%
11
Nigeria
SEK 28 229
28.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 39 516
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 37 540
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 37 540
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 36 355
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 36 355
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 35 169
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 34 320
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 31 692
19.8%
8
Egypt
SEK 31 159
21.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 25 072
36.6%
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.