Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 958 kr
Municipal tax
- 763 kr
Other tax
- 29.41 kr
Total tax
- 793 kr
Net pay
* 3 165 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.0%
Average tax rate
20.0%
80.0%
Net pay
20.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 165 kr
Net pay
1 244 kr
Tax the employer pays
793 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 036 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 244 kr to pay you 3 958 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 20% tax rate now rises to 39.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47 496 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 9 512 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37 984 kr per year, or 3 165 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 20.0% and your marginal tax rate is 34.0%. 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 34.04 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.96 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 660 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 298 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 39 068
17.7%
1
Skåne
SEK 38 514
18.9%
2
Halland
SEK 38 302
19.4%
3
Södermanland
SEK 38 207
19.6%
4
Uppsala
SEK 38 207
19.6%
5
Värmland
SEK 38 173
19.6%
6
Örebro
SEK 38 196
19.6%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 38 149
19.7%
8
Västmanland
SEK 38 090
19.8%
9
Jönköping
SEK 38 055
19.9%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 38 054
19.9%
11
Östergötland
SEK 38 066
19.9%
12
Dalarna
SEK 37 996
20.0%
13
Gotland
SEK 37 996
20.0%
14
Kalmar
SEK 37 984
20.0%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 37 948
20.1%
16
Blekinge
SEK 37 795
20.4%
17
Jämtland
SEK 37 830
20.4%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 37 759
20.5%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 37 724
20.6%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 37 666
20.7%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 47 496
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 47 496
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 47 496
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 47 496
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 47 496
0.0%
5
Spain
SEK 44 480
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 43 970
7.4%
7
Italy
SEK 43 131
9.2%
8
France
SEK 42 889
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 42 271
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 42 248
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 41 322
13.0%
12
Sweden
SEK 39 068
17.7%
13
Hungary
SEK 38 709
18.5%
14
Ukraine
SEK 38 234
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 37 296
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 37 118
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 35 361
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 32 891
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 32 297
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 31 296
34.1%
21
Netherlands
SEK 29 887
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 27 785
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 43 382
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 39 662
16.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 47 496
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 47 496
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 47 496
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 46 635
1.8%
4
Philippines
SEK 45 325
4.6%
5
Thailand
SEK 45 079
5.1%
6
Taiwan
SEK 43 292
8.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 43 224
9.0%
8
South Korea
SEK 42 244
11.1%
9
Malaysia
SEK 41 889
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 41 849
11.9%
11
India
SEK 41 796
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SEK 39 546
16.7%
13
Japan
SEK 38 595
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 37 617
20.8%
15
China
SEK 35 705
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 44 251
6.8%
1
Colombia
SEK 47 206
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 43 720
8.0%
3
Brazil
SEK 43 511
8.4%
4
Ecuador
SEK 43 008
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 42 942
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 42 509
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 42 271
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 41 559
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 39 137
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 37 949
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 31 486
33.7%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 47 021
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 43 152
9.2%
2
Cameroon
SEK 39 541
16.8%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 39 496
16.8%
4
Kenya
SEK 39 154
17.6%
5
Mozambique
SEK 38 269
19.4%
6
Ghana
SEK 36 517
23.1%
7
Angola
SEK 36 001
24.2%
8
Zambia
SEK 35 871
24.5%
9
Senegal
SEK 34 192
28.0%
10
Uganda
SEK 34 065
28.3%
11
Nigeria
SEK 33 657
29.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 47 496
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 45 121
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 45 121
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 43 696
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 43 696
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 42 272
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 41 250
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 37 677
20.7%
8
Egypt
SEK 37 522
21.0%
9
Turkey
SEK 29 720
37.4%
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.