Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 2 829 kr
Other tax
- 109 kr
Total tax
- 2 938 kr
Net pay
* 8 562 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.9%
Average tax rate
25.5%
74.5%
Net pay
25.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8 562 kr
Net pay
3 613 kr
Tax the employer pays
2 938 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
6 551 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 613 kr to pay you 11 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.5% tax rate now rises to 43.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 138 000 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 35 252 kr. That means that your net pay will be 102 748 kr per year, or 8 562 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 25.5% and your marginal tax rate is 36.9%. 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 36.94 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.06 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 631 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 153 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 124 063
10.1%
1
Canada
SEK 105 048
23.9%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kronoberg 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.