Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 13 350 kr
Other tax
- 212 kr
Total tax
- 13 562 kr
Net pay
* 26 438 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.2%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26 438 kr
Net pay
12 568 kr
Tax the employer pays
13 562 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
26 130 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 12 568 kr to pay you 40 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.53 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 49.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 480 000 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 162 744 kr. That means that your net pay will be 317 256 kr per year, or 26 438 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% and your marginal tax rate is 38.2%. 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 38.24 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.76 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 618 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 088 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 338 868
29.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 329 604
31.3%
2
Halland
SEK 325 968
32.1%
3
Södermanland
SEK 324 348
32.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 324 348
32.4%
5
Värmland
SEK 323 880
32.5%
6
Örebro
SEK 324 108
32.5%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 323 412
32.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 322 296
32.9%
9
Östergötland
SEK 321 924
32.9%
10
Jönköping
SEK 321 780
33.0%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 321 684
33.0%
12
Dalarna
SEK 320 844
33.2%
13
Gotland
SEK 320 844
33.2%
14
Kalmar
SEK 320 520
33.2%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 320 052
33.3%
16
Jämtland
SEK 317 952
33.8%
17
Blekinge
SEK 317 256
33.9%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 316 656
34.0%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 316 044
34.2%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 315 072
34.4%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
SEK 417 600
13.0%
1
Switzerland
SEK 411 085
14.4%
2
Hungary
SEK 391 200
18.5%
3
Ukraine
SEK 386 400
19.5%
4
Ireland
SEK 379 900
20.9%
5
United Kingdom
SEK 378 761
21.1%
6
France
SEK 374 140
22.1%
7
Czech Republic
SEK 369 260
23.1%
8
Norway
SEK 362 493
24.5%
9
Spain
SEK 353 133
26.4%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 348 104
27.5%
11
Sweden
SEK 338 868
29.4%
12
Austria
SEK 337 690
29.7%
13
Denmark
SEK 323 391
32.6%
14
Greece
SEK 320 498
33.2%
15
Germany
SEK 310 084
35.4%
16
Poland
SEK 306 391
36.2%
17
Netherlands
SEK 302 066
37.1%
18
Finland
SEK 292 627
39.0%
19
Italy
SEK 290 043
39.6%
20
Romania
SEK 280 800
41.5%
21
Portugal
SEK 280 303
41.6%
22
Belgium
SEK 236 884
50.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 380 992
20.6%
1
Canada
SEK 344 270
28.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 434 696
9.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 419 238
12.7%
2
Thailand
SEK 400 118
16.6%
3
South Korea
SEK 389 017
19.0%
4
Kazakhstan
SEK 385 957
19.6%
5
Australia
SEK 382 296
20.4%
6
New Zealand
SEK 373 699
22.2%
7
Singapore
SEK 368 713
23.2%
8
Indonesia
SEK 364 443
24.1%
9
Pakistan
SEK 360 550
24.9%
10
Japan
SEK 357 923
25.4%
11
Malaysia
SEK 351 313
26.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 344 939
28.1%
13
Vietnam
SEK 330 549
31.1%
14
China
SEK 315 474
34.3%
15
India
SEK 297 792
38.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 433 277
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 407 027
15.2%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 403 274
16.0%
3
Chile
SEK 394 399
17.8%
4
Ecuador
SEK 389 914
18.8%
5
Panama
SEK 381 056
20.6%
6
Colombia
SEK 372 091
22.5%
7
Peru
SEK 360 552
24.9%
8
Brazil
SEK 354 100
26.2%
9
Mexico
SEK 353 432
26.4%
10
Uruguay
SEK 331 011
31.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 311 924
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 351 082
26.9%
1
South Africa
SEK 349 269
27.2%
2
Kenya
SEK 341 503
28.9%
3
Mozambique
SEK 336 019
30.0%
4
Ghana
SEK 328 353
31.6%
5
Nigeria
SEK 327 846
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
SEK 320 400
33.3%
7
Morocco
SEK 315 416
34.3%
8
Cameroon
SEK 305 633
36.3%
9
Uganda
SEK 302 803
36.9%
10
Senegal
SEK 300 423
37.4%
11
Zambia
SEK 298 371
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 456 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 456 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 441 600
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 441 600
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 432 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 427 200
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 381 156
20.6%
7
Egypt
SEK 363 001
24.4%
8
Lebanon
SEK 362 055
24.6%
9
Turkey
SEK 281 638
41.3%
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.