Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 708 kr
Municipal tax
- 13.78 kr
Total tax
- 13.78 kr
Net pay
* 1 694 kr
Marginal tax rate
2.4%
Average tax rate
0.8%
99.2%
Net pay
0.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 694 kr
Net pay
537 kr
Tax the employer pays
13.78 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
550 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 537 kr to pay you 1 708 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.8% tax rate now rises to 24.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20 496 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 165 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20 331 kr per year, or 1 694 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 0.8% 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 2.44 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 97.56 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 4 878 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Skåne
SEK 20 342
0.7%
1
Stockholm
SEK 20 342
0.7%
2
Blekinge
SEK 20 331
0.8%
3
Dalarna
SEK 20 331
0.8%
4
Gotland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
5
Gävleborg
SEK 20 331
0.8%
6
Halland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
7
Jämtland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
8
Jönköping
SEK 20 331
0.8%
9
Kalmar
SEK 20 331
0.8%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 20 331
0.8%
11
Södermanland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
12
Uppsala
SEK 20 331
0.8%
13
Värmland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
14
Västerbotten
SEK 20 331
0.8%
15
Västmanland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
16
Västra Götaland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
17
Örebro
SEK 20 331
0.8%
18
Östergötland
SEK 20 331
0.8%
19
Norrbotten
SEK 20 319
0.9%
20
Västernorrland
SEK 20 319
0.9%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 18 721
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 18 652
9.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 20 496
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 20 496
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 20 496
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 20 374
0.6%
4
Thailand
SEK 19 471
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 19 240
6.1%
6
Indonesia
SEK 18 809
8.2%
7
Taiwan
SEK 18 682
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 18 305
10.7%
9
Malaysia
SEK 18 061
11.9%
10
New Zealand
SEK 18 059
11.9%
11
India
SEK 18 036
12.0%
12
China
SEK 17 794
13.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 17 427
15.0%
14
Japan
SEK 16 655
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 16 233
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 20 291
1.0%
1
Zambia
SEK 19 266
6.0%
2
Morocco
SEK 19 115
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 17 955
12.4%
4
Kenya
SEK 17 891
12.7%
5
Cameroon
SEK 17 293
15.6%
6
Mozambique
SEK 17 069
16.7%
7
Senegal
SEK 16 782
18.1%
8
Uganda
SEK 16 675
18.6%
9
Ghana
SEK 16 676
18.6%
10
Angola
SEK 15 953
22.2%
11
Nigeria
SEK 15 219
25.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 20 496
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 19 471
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 19 471
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 18 856
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 18 856
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 18 241
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 17 801
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 17 154
16.3%
8
Egypt
SEK 16 335
20.3%
9
Turkey
SEK 13 878
32.3%
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.