Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 542 kr
Municipal tax
- 9.74 kr
Total tax
- 9.74 kr
Net pay
* 1 532 kr
Marginal tax rate
2.4%
Average tax rate
0.6%
99.4%
Net pay
0.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 532 kr
Net pay
484 kr
Tax the employer pays
9.74 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
494 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 484 kr to pay you 1 542 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 24.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18 504 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 117 kr. That means that your net pay will be 18 387 kr per year, or 1 532 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 0.6% and your marginal tax rate is 2.4%. 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 2.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 97.57 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 976 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4 879 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
SEK 16 985
8.2%
1
USA
SEK 16 901
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 18 065
2.4%
1
Brazil
SEK 17 116
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 17 033
8.0%
3
Colombia
SEK 17 024
8.0%
4
Ecuador
SEK 16 755
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 16 730
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 16 561
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 16 469
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 16 191
12.5%
9
Argentina
SEK 15 358
17.0%
10
Chile
SEK 15 247
17.6%
11
Uruguay
SEK 15 155
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 18 504
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 17 579
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 17 579
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 17 024
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 17 024
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 16 469
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 16 071
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 15 581
15.8%
8
Egypt
SEK 14 916
19.4%
9
Turkey
SEK 13 614
26.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kalmar 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.