Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 542 kr
Municipal tax
- 640 kr
Other tax
- 23.54 kr
Total tax
- 664 kr
Net pay
* 2 878 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.7%
Average tax rate
18.7%
81.3%
Net pay
18.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 878 kr
Net pay
1 113 kr
Tax the employer pays
664 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 777 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 113 kr to pay you 3 542 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.02 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.7% tax rate now rises to 38.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42 504 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 7 966 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34 538 kr per year, or 2 878 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 18.7% and your marginal tax rate is 34.7%. 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 34.74 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.26 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 653 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 263 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 38 823
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 36 086
15.1%
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.