Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5 720 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 267 kr
Other tax
- 46.74 kr
Total tax
- 1 313 kr
Net pay
* 4 407 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.5%
Average tax rate
23.0%
77.0%
Net pay
23.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4 407 kr
Net pay
1 797 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 313 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3 111 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 797 kr to pay you 5 720 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.44 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23% tax rate now rises to 41.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 68 640 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 15 762 kr. That means that your net pay will be 52 879 kr per year, or 4 407 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 23.0% and your marginal tax rate is 28.5%. 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 28.47 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.53 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 715 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 577 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 62 708
8.6%
1
Canada
SEK 54 346
20.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 68 640
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 68 640
0.0%
2
Pakistan
SEK 65 224
5.0%
3
Thailand
SEK 64 880
5.5%
4
Taiwan
SEK 62 565
8.9%
5
Philippines
SEK 62 228
9.3%
6
South Korea
SEK 60 710
11.6%
7
Indonesia
SEK 60 657
11.6%
8
Malaysia
SEK 60 566
11.8%
9
New Zealand
SEK 60 479
11.9%
10
India
SEK 57 978
15.5%
11
Singapore
SEK 56 736
17.3%
12
Vietnam
SEK 56 082
18.3%
13
Japan
SEK 55 776
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 54 363
20.8%
15
China
SEK 51 600
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 63 183
8.0%
1
Colombia
SEK 63 149
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SEK 62 153
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SEK 62 058
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 61 433
10.5%
5
Panama
SEK 61 090
11.0%
6
Brazil
SEK 60 956
11.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 60 870
11.3%
8
Peru
SEK 60 060
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 56 559
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 54 843
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 44 540
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 65 496
4.6%
1
Morocco
SEK 59 932
12.7%
2
Cameroon
SEK 54 951
19.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 54 817
20.1%
4
Mozambique
SEK 54 550
20.5%
5
Kenya
SEK 53 823
21.6%
6
Angola
SEK 51 554
24.9%
7
Ghana
SEK 51 503
25.0%
8
Nigeria
SEK 48 039
30.0%
9
Zambia
SEK 47 818
30.3%
10
Uganda
SEK 47 809
30.4%
11
Senegal
SEK 47 782
30.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 65 208
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 65 208
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 63 149
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 63 149
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 61 776
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 61 090
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 59 614
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 53 917
21.5%
8
Lebanon
SEK 53 535
22.0%
9
Turkey
SEK 42 034
38.8%
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.