Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 19 880 kr
Income Tax
- 3 390 kr
Other tax
- 262 kr
Total tax
- 23 532 kr
Net pay
* 35 468 kr
Marginal tax rate
54.6%
Average tax rate
39.9%
60.1%
Net pay
39.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
35 468 kr
Net pay
18 538 kr
Tax the employer pays
23 532 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42 070 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 18 538 kr to pay you 59 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39.9% tax rate now rises to 54.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 708 000 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 282 388 kr. That means that your net pay will be 425 612 kr per year, or 35 468 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 39.9% and your marginal tax rate is 54.6%. 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 54.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 45.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 454 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2 269 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
SEK 615 960
13.0%
1
Switzerland
SEK 580 623
18.0%
2
Hungary
SEK 577 020
18.5%
3
Ukraine
SEK 569 940
19.5%
4
Czech Republic
SEK 537 980
24.0%
5
United Kingdom
SEK 529 997
25.1%
6
France
SEK 518 464
26.8%
7
Norway
SEK 506 014
28.5%
8
Ireland
SEK 497 320
29.8%
9
Spain
SEK 492 789
30.4%
10
Denmark
SEK 473 354
33.1%
11
Austria
SEK 458 227
35.3%
12
Sweden
SEK 457 824
35.3%
13
Luxembourg
SEK 454 171
35.9%
14
Netherlands
SEK 445 546
37.1%
15
Poland
SEK 437 471
38.2%
16
Greece
SEK 434 184
38.7%
17
Germany
SEK 422 906
40.3%
18
Romania
SEK 414 180
41.5%
19
Finland
SEK 402 060
43.2%
20
Italy
SEK 397 099
43.9%
21
Portugal
SEK 380 623
46.2%
22
Belgium
SEK 324 352
54.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 538 456
24.0%
1
Canada
SEK 500 231
29.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 623 320
12.0%
1
Taiwan
SEK 598 117
15.5%
2
Kazakhstan
SEK 570 637
19.4%
3
Thailand
SEK 567 139
19.9%
4
Singapore
SEK 557 040
21.3%
5
South Korea
SEK 553 494
21.8%
6
Australia
SEK 531 636
24.9%
7
New Zealand
SEK 523 290
26.1%
8
Japan
SEK 520 265
26.5%
9
Indonesia
SEK 519 008
26.7%
10
Pakistan
SEK 508 791
28.1%
11
China
SEK 503 883
28.8%
12
Malaysia
SEK 499 349
29.5%
13
Philippines
SEK 493 899
30.2%
14
Vietnam
SEK 478 038
32.5%
15
India
SEK 407 722
42.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 635 075
10.3%
1
Chile
SEK 582 335
17.8%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 573 478
19.0%
3
Puerto Rico
SEK 561 629
20.7%
4
Panama
SEK 544 876
23.0%
5
Ecuador
SEK 541 717
23.5%
6
Brazil
SEK 519 400
26.6%
7
Peru
SEK 519 304
26.7%
8
Colombia
SEK 518 743
26.7%
9
Uruguay
SEK 515 768
27.2%
10
Mexico
SEK 502 587
29.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 460 124
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 516 952
27.0%
1
Kenya
SEK 501 103
29.2%
2
Mozambique
SEK 484 219
31.6%
3
South Africa
SEK 484 043
31.6%
4
Nigeria
SEK 482 931
31.8%
5
Ghana
SEK 479 175
32.3%
6
Ivory Coast
SEK 470 142
33.6%
7
Morocco
SEK 453 581
35.9%
8
Cameroon
SEK 444 451
37.2%
9
Zambia
SEK 438 591
38.1%
10
Senegal
SEK 437 223
38.3%
11
Uganda
SEK 428 203
39.5%
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.