Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 083 kr
Municipal tax
- 471 kr
Other tax
- 17.74 kr
Total tax
- 488 kr
Net pay
* 2 595 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.8%
Average tax rate
15.8%
84.2%
Net pay
15.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 595 kr
Net pay
969 kr
Tax the employer pays
488 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 457 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 969 kr to pay you 3 083 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.8% tax rate now rises to 36.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 36 996 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 5 859 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31 137 kr per year, or 2 595 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 15.8% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 31 761
14.2%
1
Skåne
SEK 31 424
15.1%
2
Halland
SEK 31 297
15.4%
3
Södermanland
SEK 31 228
15.6%
4
Uppsala
SEK 31 228
15.6%
5
Värmland
SEK 31 216
15.6%
6
Örebro
SEK 31 228
15.6%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 31 199
15.7%
8
Jönköping
SEK 31 142
15.8%
9
Kronoberg
SEK 31 137
15.8%
10
Västmanland
SEK 31 158
15.8%
11
Östergötland
SEK 31 142
15.8%
12
Dalarna
SEK 31 108
15.9%
13
Gotland
SEK 31 108
15.9%
14
Kalmar
SEK 31 096
15.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 31 079
16.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 30 998
16.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 30 974
16.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 30 953
16.3%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 30 929
16.4%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 30 900
16.5%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 36 996
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 36 996
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 36 996
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 36 996
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 36 996
0.0%
5
Spain
SEK 34 647
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 34 184
7.6%
7
Italy
SEK 33 596
9.2%
8
France
SEK 33 407
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 32 926
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 32 908
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 32 187
13.0%
12
Sweden
SEK 31 761
14.2%
13
Hungary
SEK 30 152
18.5%
14
Ukraine
SEK 29 782
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 29 051
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 28 913
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 27 544
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 25 620
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 25 157
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 24 232
34.5%
21
Netherlands
SEK 23 273
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 21 643
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 33 792
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 31 985
13.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 36 996
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 36 996
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 36 996
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 36 541
1.2%
4
Thailand
SEK 35 146
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 34 993
5.4%
6
Indonesia
SEK 34 013
8.1%
7
Taiwan
SEK 33 721
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 33 038
10.7%
9
Malaysia
SEK 32 626
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 32 597
11.9%
11
India
SEK 32 556
12.0%
12
China
SEK 32 118
13.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 31 088
16.0%
14
Japan
SEK 30 062
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 29 301
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 35 667
3.6%
1
Colombia
SEK 37 546
7.3%
2
Brazil
SEK 34 079
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
SEK 34 055
8.0%
4
Ecuador
SEK 33 500
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 33 449
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 33 111
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 32 926
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 32 372
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 30 485
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 30 033
18.8%
11
Argentina
SEK 28 576
22.8%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 36 626
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 34 278
7.4%
2
Kenya
SEK 31 790
14.1%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 31 277
15.5%
4
Cameroon
SEK 31 213
15.6%
5
Mozambique
SEK 30 184
18.4%
6
Zambia
SEK 29 939
19.1%
7
Ghana
SEK 29 075
21.4%
8
Angola
SEK 28 261
23.6%
9
Senegal
SEK 27 455
25.8%
10
Uganda
SEK 27 260
26.3%
11
Nigeria
SEK 26 515
28.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 36 996
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 35 146
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 35 146
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 34 036
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 34 036
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 32 926
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 32 131
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 29 802
19.4%
8
Egypt
SEK 29 143
21.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 23 605
36.2%
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.