Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5 001 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 047 kr
Other tax
- 40.29 kr
Total tax
- 1 087 kr
Net pay
* 3 914 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
3 914 kr
Net pay
1 571 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 087 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 659 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 571 kr to pay you 5 001 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 60 012 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 13 049 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46 963 kr per year, or 3 914 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 28.08 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.92 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 54 814
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 48 354
19.4%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 58 507
2.5%
1
Morocco
SEK 53 521
10.8%
2
Cameroon
SEK 49 021
18.3%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 48 565
19.1%
4
Mozambique
SEK 47 906
20.2%
5
Kenya
SEK 47 864
20.2%
6
Ghana
SEK 45 388
24.4%
7
Angola
SEK 45 224
24.6%
8
Zambia
SEK 42 943
28.4%
9
Senegal
SEK 42 252
29.6%
10
Uganda
SEK 42 201
29.7%
11
Nigeria
SEK 42 170
29.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 57 011
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 57 011
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 55 211
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 55 211
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 54 011
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 53 411
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 52 120
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 47 230
21.3%
8
Lebanon
SEK 47 064
21.6%
9
Turkey
SEK 37 009
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.