Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 520 kr
Municipal tax
- 616 kr
Other tax
- 23.23 kr
Total tax
- 639 kr
Net pay
* 2 881 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.7%
Average tax rate
18.2%
81.8%
Net pay
18.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 881 kr
Net pay
1 106 kr
Tax the employer pays
639 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 745 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 106 kr to pay you 3 520 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 18.2% tax rate now rises to 37.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42 240 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 7 672 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34 568 kr per year, or 2 881 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 18.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.7%. 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 33.69 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.31 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 663 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 316 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 35 397
16.2%
1
Skåne
SEK 34 945
17.3%
2
Halland
SEK 34 780
17.7%
3
Södermanland
SEK 34 694
17.9%
4
Uppsala
SEK 34 694
17.9%
5
Värmland
SEK 34 678
17.9%
6
Örebro
SEK 34 692
17.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 34 654
18.0%
8
Jönköping
SEK 34 578
18.1%
9
Västmanland
SEK 34 604
18.1%
10
Östergötland
SEK 34 580
18.1%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 34 568
18.2%
12
Dalarna
SEK 34 529
18.3%
13
Gotland
SEK 34 529
18.3%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 34 491
18.3%
15
Kalmar
SEK 34 517
18.3%
16
Blekinge
SEK 34 365
18.6%
17
Jämtland
SEK 34 391
18.6%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 34 329
18.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 34 303
18.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 34 264
18.9%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 42 240
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 42 240
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 42 240
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 42 240
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 42 240
0.0%
5
Spain
SEK 39 558
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 39 072
7.5%
7
Italy
SEK 38 358
9.2%
8
France
SEK 38 143
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 37 594
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 37 572
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 36 749
13.0%
12
Sweden
SEK 35 397
16.2%
13
Hungary
SEK 34 426
18.5%
14
Ukraine
SEK 34 003
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 33 168
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 33 011
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 31 448
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 29 251
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 28 723
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 27 760
34.3%
21
Netherlands
SEK 26 577
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 24 710
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 38 582
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 35 896
15.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 42 240
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 42 240
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 42 240
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 41 653
1.4%
4
Philippines
SEK 40 141
5.0%
5
Thailand
SEK 40 128
5.0%
6
Indonesia
SEK 38 680
8.4%
7
Taiwan
SEK 38 501
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 37 645
10.9%
9
Malaysia
SEK 37 254
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 37 218
11.9%
11
India
SEK 37 171
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SEK 35 313
16.4%
13
Japan
SEK 34 324
18.7%
14
China
SEK 34 158
19.1%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 33 454
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 40 059
5.2%
1
Colombia
SEK 42 371
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 38 882
8.0%
3
Brazil
SEK 38 831
8.1%
4
Ecuador
SEK 38 248
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 38 190
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 37 805
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 37 594
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 36 960
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 34 806
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 33 804
20.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 28 650
32.2%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 41 818
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 38 741
8.3%
2
Kenya
SEK 35 542
15.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 35 394
16.2%
4
Cameroon
SEK 35 380
16.2%
5
Mozambique
SEK 34 222
19.0%
6
Zambia
SEK 32 902
22.1%
7
Ghana
SEK 32 792
22.4%
8
Angola
SEK 32 126
23.9%
9
Senegal
SEK 30 807
27.1%
10
Uganda
SEK 30 650
27.4%
11
Nigeria
SEK 30 081
28.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 42 240
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 40 128
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 40 128
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 38 861
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 38 861
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 37 593
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 36 685
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 33 735
20.1%
8
Egypt
SEK 33 338
21.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 26 659
36.9%
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.