Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4 900 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 041 kr
Other tax
- 39.26 kr
Total tax
- 1 080 kr
Net pay
* 3 820 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.4%
Average tax rate
22.0%
78.0%
Net pay
22.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 820 kr
Net pay
1 540 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 080 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 620 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 540 kr to pay you 4 900 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22% tax rate now rises to 40.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 58 800 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 12 961 kr. That means that your net pay will be 45 839 kr per year, or 3 820 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 22.0% 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 28.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.57 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 53 707
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 47 513
19.2%
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.