Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7 085 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 641 kr
Other tax
- 61.02 kr
Total tax
- 1 702 kr
Net pay
* 5 383 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.8%
Average tax rate
24.0%
76.0%
Net pay
24.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5 383 kr
Net pay
2 226 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 702 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3 929 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2 226 kr to pay you 7 085 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.54 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24% tax rate now rises to 42.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 85 020 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 20 430 kr. That means that your net pay will be 64 590 kr per year, or 5 383 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 24.0% and your marginal tax rate is 28.8%. 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 28.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.24 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 712 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 562 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 77 530
8.8%
1
Canada
SEK 65 800
22.6%
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.