Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 8.72 kr
Total tax
- 8.72 kr
Net pay
* 1 491 kr
Marginal tax rate
2.4%
Average tax rate
0.6%
99.4%
Net pay
0.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 491 kr
Net pay
471 kr
Tax the employer pays
8.72 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
480 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 471 kr to pay you 1 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.20 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
24.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 0.6% tax rate now rises to 24.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 18 000 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 105 kr. That means that your net pay will be 17 895 kr per year, or 1 491 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 0.6% and your marginal tax rate is 2.4%. 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 2.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 97.57 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 976 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4 879 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
SEK 16 563
8.0%
1
USA
SEK 16 441
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 17 820
1.0%
1
Zambia
SEK 16 920
6.0%
2
Morocco
SEK 16 787
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 15 891
11.7%
4
Kenya
SEK 15 719
12.7%
5
Cameroon
SEK 15 187
15.6%
6
Uganda
SEK 15 087
16.2%
7
Mozambique
SEK 15 026
16.5%
8
Senegal
SEK 15 007
16.6%
9
Ghana
SEK 14 730
18.2%
10
Angola
SEK 14 060
21.9%
11
Nigeria
SEK 13 454
25.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 18 000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 17 100
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 17 100
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 16 560
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 16 560
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 16 020
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 15 633
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 15 183
15.7%
8
Egypt
SEK 14 558
19.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 13 932
22.6%
10
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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.