Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 708 kr
Municipal tax
- 988 kr
Other tax
- 37.28 kr
Total tax
- 1 026 kr
Net pay
* 3 682 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.4%
Average tax rate
21.8%
78.2%
Net pay
21.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 682 kr
Net pay
1 479 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 026 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 505 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 479 kr to pay you 4 708 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.8% tax rate now rises to 40.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56 496 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 12 306 kr. That means that your net pay will be 44 190 kr per year, or 3 682 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 21.8% and your marginal tax rate is 28.4%. 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 28.42 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.58 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 716 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 579 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 45 801
18.9%
1
Skåne
SEK 45 108
20.2%
2
Halland
SEK 44 834
20.6%
3
Södermanland
SEK 44 721
20.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 44 721
20.8%
5
Värmland
SEK 44 685
20.9%
6
Örebro
SEK 44 697
20.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 44 649
21.0%
8
Västmanland
SEK 44 562
21.1%
9
Jönköping
SEK 44 524
21.2%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 44 524
21.2%
11
Östergötland
SEK 44 536
21.2%
12
Dalarna
SEK 44 461
21.3%
13
Gotland
SEK 44 461
21.3%
14
Kalmar
SEK 44 435
21.3%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 44 399
21.4%
16
Jämtland
SEK 44 250
21.7%
17
Blekinge
SEK 44 190
21.8%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 44 151
21.9%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 44 100
21.9%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 44 026
22.1%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 56 496
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 56 496
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 56 496
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 56 496
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 56 496
0.0%
5
Spain
SEK 52 909
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 52 358
7.3%
7
Italy
SEK 51 304
9.2%
8
France
SEK 51 016
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 50 281
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 50 253
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 49 152
13.0%
12
Hungary
SEK 46 044
18.5%
13
Sweden
SEK 45 801
18.9%
14
Ukraine
SEK 45 479
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 44 363
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 44 152
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 42 061
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 39 124
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 38 417
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 37 351
33.9%
21
Netherlands
SEK 35 548
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 33 050
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 51 603
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 45 913
18.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 56 496
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 56 496
0.0%
2
Pakistan
SEK 54 598
3.4%
3
Thailand
SEK 53 409
5.5%
4
Philippines
SEK 52 646
6.8%
5
Singapore
SEK 51 971
8.0%
6
Taiwan
SEK 51 496
8.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 50 644
10.4%
8
South Korea
SEK 50 104
11.3%
9
Malaysia
SEK 49 821
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 49 779
11.9%
11
India
SEK 49 716
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SEK 46 740
17.3%
13
Japan
SEK 45 908
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 44 745
20.8%
15
China
SEK 42 471
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
SEK 55 406
7.5%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 52 005
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SEK 51 157
9.5%
3
Brazil
SEK 51 117
9.5%
4
Guatemala
SEK 51 079
9.6%
5
Mexico
SEK 50 745
10.2%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 50 564
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 50 281
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 49 434
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 46 553
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 45 140
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 36 664
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 55 659
1.5%
1
Morocco
SEK 50 639
10.4%
2
Cameroon
SEK 46 440
17.8%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 46 017
18.6%
4
Kenya
SEK 45 404
19.6%
5
Mozambique
SEK 45 199
20.0%
6
Ghana
SEK 42 896
24.1%
7
Angola
SEK 42 636
24.5%
8
Zambia
SEK 40 956
27.5%
9
Senegal
SEK 39 988
29.2%
10
Uganda
SEK 39 915
29.4%
11
Nigeria
SEK 39 778
29.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 53 671
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 53 671
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 51 976
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 51 976
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 51 530
8.8%
5
Kuwait
SEK 50 281
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 49 067
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 44 505
21.2%
8
Lebanon
SEK 44 427
21.4%
9
Turkey
SEK 34 962
38.1%
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.