Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 250 kr
Municipal tax
- 527 kr
Other tax
- 19.77 kr
Total tax
- 546 kr
Net pay
* 2 704 kr
Marginal tax rate
34.8%
Average tax rate
16.8%
83.2%
Net pay
16.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 704 kr
Net pay
1 021 kr
Tax the employer pays
546 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 567 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 021 kr to pay you 3 250 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.82 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.8% tax rate now rises to 36.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 39 000 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 6 556 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32 444 kr per year, or 2 704 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 16.8% 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 34.79 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 65.21 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 35 622
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 33 563
13.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 39 000
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 39 000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 39 000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 38 494
1.3%
4
Thailand
SEK 37 050
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 36 958
5.2%
6
Indonesia
SEK 35 840
8.1%
7
Taiwan
SEK 35 548
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 34 798
10.8%
9
Malaysia
SEK 34 396
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 34 363
11.9%
11
India
SEK 34 320
12.0%
12
China
SEK 33 623
13.8%
13
Vietnam
SEK 32 703
16.2%
14
Japan
SEK 31 691
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 30 888
20.8%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 39 000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 37 050
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 37 050
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 35 880
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 35 880
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 34 710
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 33 872
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 31 305
19.7%
8
Egypt
SEK 30 746
21.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 24 772
36.5%
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.