Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 001 kr
Municipal tax
- 793 kr
Other tax
- 30.01 kr
Total tax
- 823 kr
Net pay
* 3 178 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.6%
Average tax rate
20.6%
79.4%
Net pay
20.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 178 kr
Net pay
1 257 kr
Tax the employer pays
823 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 080 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 257 kr to pay you 4 001 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.20 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.6% tax rate now rises to 39.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48 012 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 9 879 kr. That means that your net pay will be 38 133 kr per year, or 3 178 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 20.6% and your marginal tax rate is 28.6%. 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 28.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.36 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 714 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 568 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 43 854
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 40 021
16.6%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 48 012
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 45 611
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 45 611
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 44 171
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 44 171
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 42 731
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 41 698
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 38 064
20.7%
8
Egypt
SEK 37 930
21.0%
9
Turkey
SEK 30 020
37.5%
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.