Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 958 kr
Municipal tax
- 779 kr
Other tax
- 29.41 kr
Total tax
- 808 kr
Net pay
* 3 150 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.7%
Average tax rate
20.4%
79.6%
Net pay
20.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 150 kr
Net pay
1 244 kr
Tax the employer pays
808 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 052 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 244 kr to pay you 3 958 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.18 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.4% tax rate now rises to 39.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47 496 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 9 701 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37 795 kr per year, or 3 150 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 20.4% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 43 382
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 39 662
16.5%
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.