Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 083 kr
Municipal tax
- 816 kr
Other tax
- 30.85 kr
Total tax
- 847 kr
Net pay
* 3 236 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.7%
Average tax rate
20.7%
79.3%
Net pay
20.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 236 kr
Net pay
1 283 kr
Tax the employer pays
847 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 130 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 283 kr to pay you 4 083 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20.7% tax rate now rises to 39.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48 996 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 10 161 kr. That means that your net pay will be 38 835 kr per year, or 3 236 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 20.7% and your marginal tax rate is 28.7%. 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 28.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.35 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 44 752
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 40 704
16.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 48 996
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 48 996
0.0%
2
Singapore
SEK 48 881
0.2%
3
Pakistan
SEK 48 034
2.0%
4
Philippines
SEK 46 612
4.9%
5
Thailand
SEK 46 487
5.1%
6
Taiwan
SEK 44 659
8.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 44 461
9.3%
8
South Korea
SEK 43 554
11.1%
9
Malaysia
SEK 43 208
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 43 170
11.9%
11
India
SEK 43 116
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SEK 40 754
16.8%
13
Japan
SEK 39 813
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 38 805
20.8%
15
China
SEK 36 833
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
SEK 48 586
7.5%
1
Mexico
SEK 45 176
7.8%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 45 101
8.0%
3
Brazil
SEK 44 847
8.5%
4
Ecuador
SEK 44 366
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 44 298
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 43 851
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 43 606
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 42 872
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 40 373
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 39 148
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 32 295
34.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 48 501
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 44 411
9.4%
2
Cameroon
SEK 40 728
16.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 40 583
17.2%
4
Kenya
SEK 40 188
18.0%
5
Mozambique
SEK 39 424
19.5%
6
Ghana
SEK 37 580
23.3%
7
Angola
SEK 37 107
24.3%
8
Zambia
SEK 36 719
25.1%
9
Senegal
SEK 35 158
28.2%
10
Uganda
SEK 35 040
28.5%
11
Nigeria
SEK 34 677
29.2%
12
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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.