Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 750 kr
Municipal tax
- 26.49 kr
Other tax
- 0.41 kr
Total tax
- 26.89 kr
Net pay
* 1 723 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
1.5%
98.5%
Net pay
1.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 723 kr
Net pay
550 kr
Tax the employer pays
26.89 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
577 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 550 kr to pay you 1 750 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.30 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
25.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 1.5% tax rate now rises to 25.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 23.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 323 kr. That means that your net pay will be 20 677 kr per year, or 1 723 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 1.5% and your marginal tax rate is 36.0%. 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 36.04 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.96 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 640 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 198 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 20 722
1.3%
1
Halland
SEK 20 698
1.4%
2
Skåne
SEK 20 713
1.4%
3
Södermanland
SEK 20 697
1.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 20 697
1.4%
5
Värmland
SEK 20 697
1.4%
6
Västmanland
SEK 20 696
1.4%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 20 696
1.4%
8
Örebro
SEK 20 697
1.4%
9
Blekinge
SEK 20 691
1.5%
10
Dalarna
SEK 20 694
1.5%
11
Gotland
SEK 20 694
1.5%
12
Gävleborg
SEK 20 693
1.5%
13
Jämtland
SEK 20 691
1.5%
14
Jönköping
SEK 20 695
1.5%
15
Kalmar
SEK 20 693
1.5%
16
Kronoberg
SEK 20 695
1.5%
17
Norrbotten
SEK 20 677
1.5%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 20 690
1.5%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 20 678
1.5%
20
Östergötland
SEK 20 695
1.5%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 19 181
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 19 073
9.2%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 21 000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 19 950
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 19 950
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 19 320
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 19 320
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 18 690
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 18 239
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 17 553
16.4%
8
Egypt
SEK 16 694
20.5%
9
Turkey
SEK 14 207
32.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Norrbotten 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.