Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2 499 kr
Municipal tax
- 275 kr
Other tax
- 10.01 kr
Total tax
- 285 kr
Net pay
* 2 214 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.8%
Average tax rate
11.4%
88.6%
Net pay
11.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 214 kr
Net pay
785 kr
Tax the employer pays
285 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 070 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 785 kr to pay you 2 499 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.28 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
32.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 11.4% tax rate now rises to 32.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 29 988 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 3 422 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26 566 kr per year, or 2 214 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 11.4% and your marginal tax rate is 34.8%. 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 34.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 652 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 261 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 27 391
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 26 432
11.9%
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.