Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 430 kr
Other tax
- 16.73 kr
Total tax
- 447 kr
Net pay
* 2 553 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.7%
Average tax rate
14.9%
85.1%
Net pay
14.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 553 kr
Net pay
943 kr
Tax the employer pays
447 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 390 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 943 kr to pay you 3 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.63 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 14.9% tax rate now rises to 35.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 36 000 kr a year living in the region of Halland, Sweden, you will be taxed 5 363 kr. That means that your net pay will be 30 637 kr per year, or 2 553 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 14.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.7%. 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 33.74 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.26 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 663 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 313 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 36 000
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 36 000
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 36 000
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 36 000
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 36 000
0.0%
5
Spain
SEK 33 714
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 33 256
7.6%
7
Italy
SEK 32 692
9.2%
8
France
SEK 32 508
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 32 040
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 32 022
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 31 320
13.0%
12
Sweden
SEK 31 071
13.7%
13
Hungary
SEK 29 340
18.5%
14
Ukraine
SEK 28 980
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 28 269
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 28 134
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 26 802
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 24 930
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 24 480
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 23 562
34.6%
21
Netherlands
SEK 22 645
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 21 060
41.5%
23
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Halland 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.