Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 047 kr
Other tax
- 40.28 kr
Total tax
- 1 087 kr
Net pay
* 3 913 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.1%
Average tax rate
21.7%
78.3%
Net pay
21.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 913 kr
Net pay
1 571 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 087 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 658 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 571 kr to pay you 5 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 21.7% tax rate now rises to 40.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 60 000 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 13 045 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46 955 kr per year, or 3 913 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 21.7% and your marginal tax rate is 28.1%. 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 28.09 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.91 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 719 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 596 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 48 429
19.3%
1
Skåne
SEK 47 688
20.5%
2
Halland
SEK 47 390
21.0%
3
Södermanland
SEK 47 265
21.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 47 265
21.2%
5
Värmland
SEK 47 229
21.3%
6
Västra Götaland
SEK 47 193
21.3%
7
Örebro
SEK 47 241
21.3%
8
Västmanland
SEK 47 100
21.5%
9
Jönköping
SEK 47 056
21.6%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 47 056
21.6%
11
Östergötland
SEK 47 068
21.6%
12
Dalarna
SEK 46 987
21.7%
13
Gotland
SEK 46 987
21.7%
14
Kalmar
SEK 46 955
21.7%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 46 919
21.8%
16
Jämtland
SEK 46 758
22.1%
17
Blekinge
SEK 46 698
22.2%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 46 653
22.2%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 46 596
22.3%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 46 516
22.5%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 60 000
0.0%
1
Austria
SEK 60 000
0.0%
2
Ireland
SEK 60 000
0.0%
3
Norway
SEK 60 000
0.0%
4
Germany
SEK 57 440
4.3%
5
Spain
SEK 56 190
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 55 624
7.3%
7
Italy
SEK 54 486
9.2%
8
France
SEK 54 180
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 53 400
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 53 370
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 52 200
13.0%
12
Hungary
SEK 48 900
18.5%
13
Sweden
SEK 48 429
19.3%
14
Ukraine
SEK 48 300
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 47 114
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 46 890
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 44 670
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 41 550
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 40 800
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 39 709
33.8%
21
Netherlands
SEK 37 754
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 35 100
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 54 803
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 48 346
19.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 60 000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 60 000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
SEK 57 664
3.9%
3
Thailand
SEK 56 672
5.6%
4
Philippines
SEK 55 411
7.7%
5
Taiwan
SEK 54 689
8.9%
6
Indonesia
SEK 53 533
10.8%
7
Singapore
SEK 53 341
11.1%
8
South Korea
SEK 53 164
11.4%
9
Malaysia
SEK 52 928
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 52 866
11.9%
11
India
SEK 52 800
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SEK 49 470
17.6%
13
Japan
SEK 48 755
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 47 520
20.8%
15
China
SEK 45 105
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Colombia
SEK 56 666
7.8%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 55 230
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SEK 54 330
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SEK 54 247
9.6%
4
Brazil
SEK 53 991
10.0%
5
Mexico
SEK 53 773
10.4%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 53 700
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 53 400
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 52 500
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 49 440
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 47 940
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 38 924
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 58 498
2.5%
1
Morocco
SEK 53 511
10.8%
2
Cameroon
SEK 49 013
18.3%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 48 556
19.1%
4
Mozambique
SEK 47 897
20.2%
5
Kenya
SEK 47 856
20.2%
6
Ghana
SEK 45 379
24.4%
7
Angola
SEK 45 215
24.6%
8
Zambia
SEK 42 936
28.4%
9
Senegal
SEK 42 245
29.6%
10
Uganda
SEK 42 193
29.7%
11
Nigeria
SEK 42 162
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 57 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 57 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 55 200
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 55 200
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 54 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 53 400
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 52 110
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 47 221
21.3%
8
Lebanon
SEK 47 055
21.6%
9
Turkey
SEK 37 002
38.3%
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.