Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7 166 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 664 kr
Other tax
- 61.99 kr
Total tax
- 1 726 kr
Net pay
* 5 440 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.8%
Average tax rate
24.1%
75.9%
Net pay
24.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5 440 kr
Net pay
2 252 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 726 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3 977 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2 252 kr to pay you 7 166 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.55 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.1% tax rate now rises to 42.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 85 992 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 20 710 kr. That means that your net pay will be 65 282 kr per year, or 5 440 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 24.1% 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 28.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.23 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 78 399
8.8%
1
Canada
SEK 66 494
22.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 79 551
7.5%
1
Morocco
SEK 71 699
16.6%
2
Mozambique
SEK 67 796
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 66 930
22.2%
4
Cameroon
SEK 66 877
22.2%
5
Kenya
SEK 65 839
23.4%
6
Angola
SEK 64 262
25.3%
7
Ghana
SEK 63 801
25.8%
8
Nigeria
SEK 59 842
30.4%
9
Uganda
SEK 59 088
31.3%
10
Senegal
SEK 58 759
31.7%
11
Zambia
SEK 57 622
33.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 81 692
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 81 692
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 79 113
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 79 113
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 77 393
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 76 533
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 74 684
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 67 341
21.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 66 549
22.6%
9
Turkey
SEK 51 580
40.0%
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.