Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5 125 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 102 kr
Other tax
- 41.57 kr
Total tax
- 1 144 kr
Net pay
* 3 981 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.4%
Average tax rate
22.3%
77.7%
Net pay
22.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 981 kr
Net pay
1 610 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 144 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 754 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 610 kr to pay you 5 125 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.37 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.3% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 61 500 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 13 729 kr. That means that your net pay will be 47 771 kr per year, or 3 981 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 22.3% 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 49 554
19.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 48 793
20.7%
2
Halland
SEK 48 484
21.2%
3
Södermanland
SEK 48 354
21.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 48 354
21.4%
5
Värmland
SEK 48 318
21.4%
6
Örebro
SEK 48 330
21.4%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 48 282
21.5%
8
Västmanland
SEK 48 187
21.6%
9
Jönköping
SEK 48 140
21.7%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 48 140
21.7%
11
Östergötland
SEK 48 152
21.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 48 069
21.8%
13
Gotland
SEK 48 069
21.8%
14
Kalmar
SEK 48 034
21.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 47 998
22.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 47 831
22.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 47 771
22.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 47 724
22.4%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 47 665
22.5%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 47 582
22.6%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 56 173
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 49 388
19.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
SEK 57 205
7.9%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 56 611
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SEK 55 688
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SEK 55 603
9.6%
4
Brazil
SEK 55 212
10.2%
5
Mexico
SEK 55 070
10.5%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 55 042
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 54 735
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 53 812
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 50 676
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 49 138
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 39 899
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 59 713
2.9%
1
Morocco
SEK 54 649
11.1%
2
Cameroon
SEK 50 044
18.6%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 49 643
19.3%
4
Mozambique
SEK 49 052
20.2%
5
Kenya
SEK 48 892
20.5%
6
Ghana
SEK 46 442
24.5%
7
Angola
SEK 46 318
24.7%
8
Zambia
SEK 43 784
28.8%
9
Senegal
SEK 43 211
29.7%
10
Nigeria
SEK 43 182
29.8%
11
Uganda
SEK 43 168
29.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 58 425
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 58 425
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 56 580
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 56 580
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 55 350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 54 735
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 53 413
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 48 383
21.3%
8
Lebanon
SEK 48 180
21.7%
9
Turkey
SEK 37 876
38.4%
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.