Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7 250 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 640 kr
Other tax
- 63 kr
Total tax
- 1 703 kr
Net pay
* 5 547 kr
Marginal tax rate
27.9%
Average tax rate
23.5%
76.5%
Net pay
23.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5 547 kr
Net pay
2 278 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 703 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3 981 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2 278 kr to pay you 7 250 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.49 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.5% tax rate now rises to 41.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 87 000 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 20 441 kr. That means that your net pay will be 66 559 kr per year, or 5 547 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 23.5% and your marginal tax rate is 27.9%. 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 27.92 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 72.08 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 721 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 604 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 68 733
21.0%
1
Skåne
SEK 67 564
22.3%
2
Halland
SEK 67 098
22.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 66 897
23.1%
4
Uppsala
SEK 66 897
23.1%
5
Örebro
SEK 66 864
23.1%
6
Värmland
SEK 66 840
23.2%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 66 780
23.2%
8
Västmanland
SEK 66 640
23.4%
9
Jönköping
SEK 66 571
23.5%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 66 559
23.5%
11
Östergötland
SEK 66 583
23.5%
12
Dalarna
SEK 66 455
23.6%
13
Gotland
SEK 66 455
23.6%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 66 350
23.7%
15
Kalmar
SEK 66 410
23.7%
16
Jämtland
SEK 66 093
24.0%
17
Blekinge
SEK 66 000
24.1%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 65 928
24.2%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 65 848
24.3%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 65 719
24.5%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 87 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
SEK 87 000
0.0%
2
Spain
SEK 81 475
6.4%
3
Norway
SEK 81 165
6.7%
4
Switzerland
SEK 80 788
7.1%
5
Italy
SEK 79 005
9.2%
6
France
SEK 78 561
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
SEK 77 430
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
SEK 77 292
11.2%
9
Russia
SEK 75 690
13.0%
10
Austria
SEK 73 970
15.0%
11
Hungary
SEK 70 905
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SEK 70 035
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 69 883
19.7%
14
Sweden
SEK 68 733
21.0%
15
Poland
SEK 68 316
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 67 991
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 64 184
26.2%
18
Finland
SEK 60 247
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 59 160
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 57 874
33.5%
21
Netherlands
SEK 54 746
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 50 895
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 79 301
8.9%
1
Canada
SEK 67 242
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 87 000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 87 000
0.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 82 322
5.4%
3
Pakistan
SEK 81 289
6.6%
4
Taiwan
SEK 79 300
8.9%
5
Malaysia
SEK 76 779
11.8%
6
South Korea
SEK 76 744
11.8%
7
New Zealand
SEK 76 656
11.9%
8
Philippines
SEK 76 214
12.4%
9
Indonesia
SEK 75 795
12.9%
10
Japan
SEK 70 695
18.7%
11
India
SEK 70 202
19.3%
12
Vietnam
SEK 70 050
19.5%
13
Singapore
SEK 69 642
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 68 904
20.8%
15
China
SEK 62 307
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 80 084
8.0%
1
Colombia
SEK 80 040
8.0%
2
Ecuador
SEK 78 778
9.5%
3
Guatemala
SEK 78 658
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 77 865
10.5%
5
Panama
SEK 77 430
11.0%
6
Peru
SEK 76 125
12.5%
7
Mexico
SEK 75 410
13.3%
8
Brazil
SEK 74 810
14.0%
9
Chile
SEK 71 688
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 69 513
20.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 56 474
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 80 368
7.6%
1
Morocco
SEK 72 388
16.8%
2
Mozambique
SEK 68 555
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 67 624
22.3%
4
Cameroon
SEK 67 570
22.3%
5
Kenya
SEK 66 544
23.5%
6
Angola
SEK 65 000
25.3%
7
Ghana
SEK 64 516
25.8%
8
Nigeria
SEK 60 527
30.4%
9
Uganda
SEK 59 743
31.3%
10
Senegal
SEK 59 414
31.7%
11
Zambia
SEK 58 191
33.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 82 650
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 82 650
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 80 040
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 80 040
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 78 300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 77 430
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 75 560
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 68 118
21.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 67 305
22.6%
9
Turkey
SEK 52 099
40.1%
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.