Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 182 kr
Other tax
- 44.86 kr
Total tax
- 1 227 kr
Net pay
* 4 273 kr
Marginal tax rate
27.8%
Average tax rate
22.3%
77.7%
Net pay
22.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4 273 kr
Net pay
1 728 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 227 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 955 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 728 kr to pay you 5 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.37 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 22.3% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 66 000 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 14 718 kr. That means that your net pay will be 51 282 kr per year, or 4 273 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 22.3% and your marginal tax rate is 27.8%. 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 27.79 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 72.21 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 722 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 611 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 66 000
0.0%
1
Austria
SEK 66 000
0.0%
2
Ireland
SEK 66 000
0.0%
3
Norway
SEK 65 258
1.1%
4
Spain
SEK 61 809
6.4%
5
Switzerland
SEK 61 216
7.3%
6
Italy
SEK 59 935
9.2%
7
France
SEK 59 598
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
SEK 58 740
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
SEK 58 707
11.1%
10
Russia
SEK 57 420
13.0%
11
Germany
SEK 56 357
14.6%
12
Hungary
SEK 53 790
18.5%
13
Ukraine
SEK 53 130
19.5%
14
Sweden
SEK 52 941
19.8%
15
Poland
SEK 51 826
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 51 580
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 49 137
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 45 705
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 44 880
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 43 745
33.7%
21
Netherlands
SEK 41 534
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 38 610
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 60 286
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 52 513
20.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 66 000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 66 000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
SEK 62 914
4.7%
3
Thailand
SEK 62 372
5.5%
4
Taiwan
SEK 60 158
8.9%
5
Philippines
SEK 60 145
8.9%
6
Indonesia
SEK 58 480
11.4%
7
South Korea
SEK 58 404
11.5%
8
Malaysia
SEK 58 234
11.8%
9
New Zealand
SEK 58 153
11.9%
10
India
SEK 56 685
14.1%
11
Singapore
SEK 55 680
15.6%
12
Vietnam
SEK 54 074
18.1%
13
Japan
SEK 53 631
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 52 272
20.8%
15
China
SEK 49 615
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 60 753
8.0%
1
Colombia
SEK 60 720
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SEK 59 763
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SEK 59 672
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 59 070
10.5%
5
Brazil
SEK 58 875
10.8%
6
Panama
SEK 58 740
11.0%
7
Mexico
SEK 58 726
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 57 750
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 54 384
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 52 734
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 42 824
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 63 358
4.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 58 006
12.1%
2
Cameroon
SEK 53 136
19.5%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 52 904
19.8%
4
Mozambique
SEK 52 517
20.4%
5
Kenya
SEK 52 000
21.2%
6
Ghana
SEK 49 632
24.8%
7
Angola
SEK 49 620
24.8%
8
Zambia
SEK 46 326
29.8%
9
Nigeria
SEK 46 243
29.9%
10
Senegal
SEK 46 109
30.1%
11
Uganda
SEK 46 093
30.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 62 700
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 62 700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 60 720
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 60 720
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 59 400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 58 740
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 57 321
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 51 871
21.4%
8
Lebanon
SEK 51 555
21.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 40 497
38.6%
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.