Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 23 131 kr
Income Tax
- 5 590 kr
Other tax
- 290 kr
Total tax
- 29 012 kr
Net pay
* 40 988 kr
Marginal tax rate
53.8%
Average tax rate
41.4%
58.6%
Net pay
41.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40 988 kr
Net pay
21 994 kr
Tax the employer pays
29 012 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
51 006 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 21 994 kr to pay you 70 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.4% tax rate now rises to 55.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 840 000 kr a year living in the region of Gotland, Sweden, you will be taxed 348 138 kr. That means that your net pay will be 491 862 kr per year, or 40 988 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.5% and your marginal tax rate is 53.8%. 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 53.84 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 46.16 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 462 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2 308 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 523 833
37.6%
1
Skåne
SEK 507 395
39.6%
2
Halland
SEK 500 949
40.4%
3
Södermanland
SEK 498 061
40.7%
4
Uppsala
SEK 498 061
40.7%
5
Värmland
SEK 497 236
40.8%
6
Örebro
SEK 497 651
40.8%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 496 412
40.9%
8
Västmanland
SEK 494 428
41.1%
9
Jönköping
SEK 493 520
41.2%
10
Östergötland
SEK 493 767
41.2%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 493 352
41.3%
12
Dalarna
SEK 491 862
41.4%
13
Gotland
SEK 491 862
41.4%
14
Kalmar
SEK 491 284
41.5%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 490 460
41.6%
16
Jämtland
SEK 486 743
42.1%
17
Blekinge
SEK 485 504
42.2%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 484 432
42.3%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 483 352
42.5%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 481 619
42.7%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
SEK 730 800
13.0%
1
Hungary
SEK 684 600
18.5%
2
Ukraine
SEK 676 200
19.5%
3
Switzerland
SEK 674 622
19.7%
4
Czech Republic
SEK 635 660
24.3%
5
United Kingdom
SEK 605 251
28.0%
6
France
SEK 602 020
28.3%
7
Norway
SEK 580 726
30.9%
8
Spain
SEK 568 459
32.3%
9
Ireland
SEK 564 243
32.8%
10
Denmark
SEK 558 429
33.5%
11
Austria
SEK 526 650
37.3%
12
Netherlands
SEK 523 971
37.6%
13
Sweden
SEK 523 833
37.6%
14
Luxembourg
SEK 514 655
38.7%
15
Poland
SEK 513 443
38.9%
16
Greece
SEK 497 666
40.8%
17
Romania
SEK 491 400
41.5%
18
Germany
SEK 487 555
42.0%
19
Finland
SEK 463 863
44.8%
20
Italy
SEK 459 640
45.3%
21
Portugal
SEK 438 703
47.8%
22
Belgium
SEK 373 142
55.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 622 922
25.8%
1
Canada
SEK 580 148
30.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 732 880
12.8%
1
Taiwan
SEK 701 817
16.5%
2
Kazakhstan
SEK 682 108
18.8%
3
Singapore
SEK 673 860
19.8%
4
Thailand
SEK 659 539
21.5%
5
South Korea
SEK 646 111
23.1%
6
Australia
SEK 618 096
26.4%
7
China
SEK 612 147
27.1%
8
New Zealand
SEK 609 895
27.4%
9
Indonesia
SEK 608 240
27.6%
10
Japan
SEK 605 251
28.0%
11
Pakistan
SEK 594 591
29.2%
12
Malaysia
SEK 584 474
30.4%
13
Philippines
SEK 580 139
30.9%
14
Vietnam
SEK 563 838
32.9%
15
India
SEK 478 579
43.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 751 906
10.5%
1
Chile
SEK 678 818
19.2%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 667 990
20.5%
3
Puerto Rico
SEK 639 971
23.8%
4
Panama
SEK 632 986
24.6%
5
Ecuador
SEK 620 905
26.1%
6
Brazil
SEK 615 100
26.8%
7
Colombia
SEK 613 907
26.9%
8
Uruguay
SEK 609 719
27.4%
9
Peru
SEK 600 154
28.6%
10
Mexico
SEK 586 159
30.2%
11
Argentina
SEK 545 924
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 612 982
27.0%
1
Kenya
SEK 593 503
29.3%
2
Nigeria
SEK 572 718
31.8%
3
Mozambique
SEK 570 019
32.1%
4
Ghana
SEK 566 493
32.6%
5
South Africa
SEK 561 923
33.1%
6
Ivory Coast
SEK 560 209
33.3%
7
Morocco
SEK 533 572
36.5%
8
Cameroon
SEK 524 819
37.5%
9
Zambia
SEK 519 771
38.1%
10
Senegal
SEK 516 423
38.5%
11
Uganda
SEK 500 803
40.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 798 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 798 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 772 800
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 772 800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 756 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 752 663
10.4%
6
Egypt
SEK 633 001
24.6%
7
Lebanon
SEK 632 055
24.8%
8
Israel
SEK 606 517
27.8%
9
Turkey
SEK 491 306
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gotland 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.