Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 833 kr
Municipal tax
- 53.15 kr
Other tax
- 1.44 kr
Total tax
- 54.58 kr
Net pay
* 1 778 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.0%
Average tax rate
3.0%
97.0%
Net pay
3.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 778 kr
Net pay
576 kr
Tax the employer pays
54.58 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
631 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 576 kr to pay you 1 833 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.44 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
26.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 3% tax rate now rises to 26.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21 996 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 655 kr. That means that your net pay will be 21 341 kr per year, or 1 778 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 3.0% and your marginal tax rate is 35.0%. 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 34.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 650 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 251 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 21 410
2.7%
1
Skåne
SEK 21 380
2.8%
2
Halland
SEK 21 358
2.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 21 353
2.9%
4
Uppsala
SEK 21 353
2.9%
5
Värmland
SEK 21 353
2.9%
6
Västmanland
SEK 21 348
2.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 21 351
2.9%
8
Örebro
SEK 21 353
2.9%
9
Blekinge
SEK 21 331
3.0%
10
Dalarna
SEK 21 344
3.0%
11
Gotland
SEK 21 344
3.0%
12
Gävleborg
SEK 21 341
3.0%
13
Jämtland
SEK 21 334
3.0%
14
Jönköping
SEK 21 346
3.0%
15
Kalmar
SEK 21 341
3.0%
16
Kronoberg
SEK 21 346
3.0%
17
Västerbotten
SEK 21 329
3.0%
18
Östergötland
SEK 21 346
3.0%
19
Norrbotten
SEK 21 314
3.1%
20
Västernorrland
SEK 21 317
3.1%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 20 091
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 19 906
9.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 21 996
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 21 996
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 21 996
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 21 866
0.6%
4
Thailand
SEK 20 896
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 20 663
6.1%
6
Indonesia
SEK 20 191
8.2%
7
Taiwan
SEK 20 049
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 19 645
10.7%
9
Malaysia
SEK 19 395
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 19 381
11.9%
11
India
SEK 19 356
12.0%
12
China
SEK 19 096
13.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 18 702
15.0%
14
Japan
SEK 17 874
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 17 421
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 21 474
2.4%
1
Brazil
SEK 20 346
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 20 247
8.0%
3
Colombia
SEK 20 236
8.0%
4
Ecuador
SEK 19 917
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 19 887
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 19 686
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 19 576
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 19 247
12.5%
9
Argentina
SEK 18 257
17.0%
10
Chile
SEK 18 125
17.6%
11
Uruguay
SEK 18 015
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 21 776
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 20 513
6.7%
2
Zambia
SEK 20 363
7.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 19 197
12.7%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 19 196
12.7%
5
Cameroon
SEK 18 558
15.6%
6
Mozambique
SEK 18 291
16.8%
7
Senegal
SEK 17 848
18.9%
8
Ghana
SEK 17 846
18.9%
9
Uganda
SEK 17 629
19.9%
10
Angola
SEK 17 090
22.3%
11
Nigeria
SEK 16 279
26.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 21 996
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 20 896
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 20 896
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 20 236
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 20 236
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 19 577
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 19 104
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 18 339
16.6%
8
Egypt
SEK 17 403
20.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 14 829
32.6%
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.