Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 400 kr
Other tax
- 55.14 kr
Total tax
- 1 455 kr
Net pay
* 5 045 kr
Marginal tax rate
26.9%
Average tax rate
22.4%
77.6%
Net pay
22.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5 045 kr
Net pay
2 042 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 455 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3 498 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2 042 kr to pay you 6 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.38 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.4% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 78 000 kr a year living in the region of Halland, Sweden, you will be taxed 17 464 kr. That means that your net pay will be 60 536 kr per year, or 5 045 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 22.4% and your marginal tax rate is 26.9%. 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 26.93 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 73.07 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 731 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 654 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 61 971
20.5%
1
Skåne
SEK 60 941
21.9%
2
Halland
SEK 60 536
22.4%
3
Södermanland
SEK 60 351
22.6%
4
Uppsala
SEK 60 351
22.6%
5
Värmland
SEK 60 303
22.7%
6
Örebro
SEK 60 327
22.7%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 60 250
22.8%
8
Västmanland
SEK 60 125
22.9%
9
Jönköping
SEK 60 072
23.0%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 60 060
23.0%
11
Östergötland
SEK 60 084
23.0%
12
Dalarna
SEK 59 970
23.1%
13
Gotland
SEK 59 970
23.1%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 59 881
23.2%
15
Kalmar
SEK 59 934
23.2%
16
Jämtland
SEK 59 648
23.5%
17
Blekinge
SEK 59 571
23.6%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 59 506
23.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 59 434
23.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 59 328
23.9%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 78 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
SEK 78 000
0.0%
2
Norway
SEK 74 415
4.6%
3
Spain
SEK 73 047
6.4%
4
Switzerland
SEK 72 400
7.2%
5
Italy
SEK 70 832
9.2%
6
France
SEK 70 434
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
SEK 69 420
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
SEK 69 374
11.1%
9
Austria
SEK 68 981
11.6%
10
Russia
SEK 67 860
13.0%
11
Hungary
SEK 63 570
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SEK 62 790
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 62 653
19.7%
14
Sweden
SEK 61 971
20.6%
15
Poland
SEK 61 249
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 60 958
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 57 784
25.9%
18
Finland
SEK 54 015
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 53 040
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 51 819
33.6%
21
Netherlands
SEK 49 085
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 45 630
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 71 252
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 60 847
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 78 000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 78 000
0.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 73 772
5.4%
3
Pakistan
SEK 73 414
5.9%
4
Taiwan
SEK 71 096
8.9%
5
Philippines
SEK 69 508
10.9%
6
South Korea
SEK 68 884
11.7%
7
Malaysia
SEK 68 829
11.8%
8
New Zealand
SEK 68 726
11.9%
9
Indonesia
SEK 68 374
12.3%
10
India
SEK 64 154
17.8%
11
Japan
SEK 63 382
18.7%
12
Vietnam
SEK 63 203
19.0%
13
Singapore
SEK 62 438
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 61 776
20.8%
15
China
SEK 56 030
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 71 799
8.0%
1
Colombia
SEK 71 760
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SEK 70 629
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SEK 70 521
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 69 810
10.5%
5
Panama
SEK 69 420
11.0%
6
Mexico
SEK 68 343
12.4%
7
Peru
SEK 68 250
12.5%
8
Brazil
SEK 68 148
12.6%
9
Chile
SEK 64 272
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 62 322
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 50 624
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 73 078
6.3%
1
Morocco
SEK 66 302
15.0%
2
Mozambique
SEK 61 757
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 61 423
21.3%
4
Cameroon
SEK 61 384
21.3%
5
Kenya
SEK 60 288
22.7%
6
Angola
SEK 58 409
25.1%
7
Ghana
SEK 58 137
25.5%
8
Nigeria
SEK 54 405
30.3%
9
Uganda
SEK 53 893
30.9%
10
Senegal
SEK 53 601
31.3%
11
Zambia
SEK 53 106
31.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 74 100
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 74 100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 71 760
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 71 760
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 70 200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 69 420
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 67 743
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 61 171
21.6%
8
Lebanon
SEK 60 555
22.4%
9
Turkey
SEK 47 437
39.2%
10
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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.